IT’s Reputation Problem
I don’t give a damn ’bout my bad reputation You’re living in the past it’s a new generation ~Joan Jett, Bad Reputation IT apparently has a reputation problem. You’re aloof, overpaid and you don’t do enough. Or so says a post in The Tech Republic that suggests 10 reasons why you’re underappreciated and, well so sorry to say it, not very well liked or even respected inside your organization. I’m not sure I agree with many of these reasons or even that it’s true. Blanket statements tend to be just that, and while they make good blog posts...
read moreSome Thoughts While Waiting for iPad 3
As I followed last week’s big Apple announcement in the press room at CeBIT, the enormous technology trade fair that takes place each March in Hanover, Germany, I wasn’t particularly impressed one way or the other. It’s hard to get excited reading live blogs, and not seeing the presentation live. Oh sure I ordered one the next morning, but like the iPad 1, this one isn’t for me — not really. It’s a present for my wife whose birthday dove-tailed nicely with this announcement. But as I sit and wait for the iPad 3 to arrive, I’ve been thinking about it...
read moreIT Professional Development Should Not Be Left to Chance
A recent post in Computerworld called An argument in favor keeping IT training budgets intact caught my eye. I found the very notion that there is seriously a need to make this argument a bit shocking. If there is any group of professionals that needs to keep on top of a rapidly changing space, it’s IT Pros. One thing is clear: Over the last few years–and it’s something we discuss regularly in this blog–the IT landscape has constantly been in flux. We have consumerization, bring your device (BYOD), mobile, social, cloud, security, viruses and malware, lower budgets...
read moreIT May Need More Business Thinkers
IT has always been about technology, and it seems, at least on its face, that’s as it should be. But IT is a service arm of a business and to truly understand how the technology fits within the goals of that business, IT might need some more business savvy. Perhaps that’s why a post in today’s Computerworld suggested that it might be better to hire someone who has a deep understanding of business and some technical knowledge, rather than the other way around. Earlier in my career I was a technical writer (software manuals, online help, etc). My mentor who got me started once...
read moreTransforming IT
I read a couple of things today that got me thinking about the changing role of IT. Traditionally, IT has been a top-down department where you controlled and dictated every technology decision in the company. Today, IT is changing from that centralized operation to a more service-oriented one. Chuck Hollis, who is VP and Global Marketing CTO at EMC Corporation has been writing about this frequently in his blog, Chuck’s Blog. Just last week, in fact, he wrote a post called New IT, New Roles, New Tools in which he discusses this trend and links to some other pieces he’s written...
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