Posted by Administrator on May 16, 2013 in Blog, Videos
Ramos Mays, CTO of Liquid Grids, describes all the reasons his company decided to leave Amazon Web Services (AWS) for BusinessCloud1 service at AIS — and why he remains very happy with his choice.
Audio presentation recorded at the San Diego VMware User Group (VMUG) meeting on May 30, 2013.
Posted by Brian Wood on May 16, 2013 in Blog
You’d think we’d learn — that the feedback loop of “ouch, that hurts, not gonna do that again” would be in full effect.
Well, uh, it seems that not everyone got the memo.
(By the way, try searching for a “sloppy” image and see just how many photo variations of a certain type of edible dish come up — so I had to revert to “messy”. Apologies…)
Emphasis in red added by me.
Posted by Brian Wood on May 15, 2013 in Blog
I like the ideas in the article below: progressive, mutual, results-based.
It will certainly take time to get entrenched players to “trust” (but verify, of course), but I applaud the concept of always needing to show value and earn your next paycheck.
Summary by Caron Carlson in FierceCIO; original by Stephanie Overby in CIO.
Emphasis in red added by me.
Posted by Brian Wood on May 15, 2013 in Blog
Here’s a concept that resonates especially well with me: the advantage of small teams.
Small drives prioritization, necessary tradeoffs, and clarity of objectives. It’s why I work for a small company and why I lead a small team.
Posted by Brian Wood on May 14, 2013 in Blog
As a “progressive” father of a bright tween daughter, I have a strong personal interest in the opportunities and stereotypes that exist for women in our society.
The survey results below, summarized by Caron Carlson in FierceCIO and originally published by Kurt Wagner in Forbes, cast new light on our reality.
Posted by Brian Wood on May 13, 2013 in Blog
I’m pleased to present a new info-graphic from AIS.
Posted by Brian Wood on May 10, 2013 in Blog
“Where are we going?”
“What are our priorities?”
“Why aren’t we doing X?”
“Why are we doing Y?”
Summary post by Caron Carlson in FierceCIO and original article by Andrew Horne in the Corporate Executive Board.
Emphasis in red added by me.
Posted by Brian Wood on May 9, 2013 in Blog
IT guys (and gals) are the lifeblood of our company and of our clients’ companies — which is why I pay attention to articles that pass along wisdom about the IT profession.
Because IT pervades nearly everything we do in a networked economy, the nature of many IT projects is that they are big.
And big is not necessarily beautiful when it comes to IT projects.
Posted by Brian Wood on May 8, 2013 in Blog
No matter how sophisticated the technology, the proverbial “man in the middle” is still often the weakest link when it comes to security.
Below are sobering points about the importance of remembering the fundamentals: wash your hands, say you’re sorry, and change your password.
By Caron Carlson in FierceCIO and original article by Nathan Eddy in eWeek.
Emphasis in red added by me.
Posted by Brian Wood on May 7, 2013 in Blog
The analogy used in the article below really drives home the visualization of simply how much data we’re talking about when we talk about big data.
Wal-Mart — granted, the largest retailer on the planet — generates the equivalent of 60 million 5-drawer file cabinets’ worth of data EVERY HOUR.
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