Virtualization's Reality
By John Parkinson Around the middle of last year, my then-boss asked me what I thought was the most critical strategic decision we had taken in the preceding 18 months. It wasn't a trick question--he was going to be asked...
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January 20, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:02 PM/EST
December 21, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009 10:54 AM/EST
2010 Investment Guide
by John Parkinson We all talk a lot about ROI - Return on Investment - but there hasn't been a lot to invest lately, and I don't see that changing much in 2010. Technologists have always been a forward-looking group...
December 15, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:25 AM/EST
Lessons from 2009
by John Parkinson "May you live in interesting times" is a pretty good translation of an old Chinese curse. The times have been pretty interesting lately - and interesting times can be instructive if you are paying attention and get...
December 4, 2009
Friday, December 04, 2009 11:59 AM/EST
The Evolution of IT
By John Parkinson If you look at the history of evolution in natural species (assuming you believe it happens, that is), you see two sets of forces at work: both long- and short-term incremental improvements through somewhat random mixing of...
November 22, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:53 PM/EST
Why Doesn't Software Learn "Me"?
By John Parkinson Over the past couple of decades I have lived the personal productivity software upgrade life many times--on Windows, Apple and Linux platforms. I often think that we really rent the software we use (rather than buy it)...
Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:07 PM/EST
The IT Talent Supply-Chain Problem
By Arthur Langer We are supposedly at the crossroads of losing technology talent in the U.S. due to lower prices and better IT training abroad. I have been collaborating with two senior academics, Dave Thomas from Harvard Business School and...
November 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:35 PM/EST
The Myth of Broadband
By John Parkinson You hear a lot in the media about how the U.S. is a "mature" broadband market and how we need only to fill in the gaps in broadband network coverage to provide a globally competitive connectivity...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:21 AM/EST
A Failure of Cost-Benefit Analysis
By John Parkinson I am always looking for ways to make people more productive. Often, that means eliminating wasted time from their working days. I remember one example for quite a long time ago, when I found a situation...
October 21, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:31 PM/EST
An Information-Driven Enterprise Architecture
By Tony Young Many of us are familiar with the role of IT enterprise architecture...how it defines the architectural blueprints for an organization. From my perspective, I've opted to use the analogy of city planning rather than the plans...
October 20, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:11 PM/EST
The Monster That Ate IT
By John Parkinson Sometime this year, the world's aggregate digital storage will pass a Zettabyte. That, for those of you reaching for Google to check, is 1024 Exabytes (passed that one a while back) or over 220 Petabytes. In round...
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