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Freedom and Security

For most Americans, it took the catastrophe of 9/11 to awaken them from their false sense of freedom and security. Unfortunately, we now know that there were many signs of the impending catastrophe along the way; we just chose to ignore them. My question today: How many more signs do we need before we start […]

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Global Domains: A Good Place to Demonstrate IT Leadership

CIOs need to forever be on the lookout for critical developments in the world of technology that could potentially be of great interest to their business colleagues. Well, just in case you missed the announcement this week from ICANN (the group responsible for registering Internet domain names) here’s a quick catchup and a reminder of […]

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What I learned (again) from the Pandora IPO

Sometimes you need a situation outside of your own day to day work environment to remind you of what you already know. Here’s my latest story. Yesterday, Pandora, the absolutely fabulous internet-based music recommendation and streaming service, IPO’ed on the NYSE at the price of $16 per share; more than double what the market expected […]

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Top IT leaders chosen for data governance achievements

The latest issue of Information Management named its top 25 managers. It’s an impressive list of IT executives. But what really caught my attention when I reviewed this list was the fact that nearly all of the executives chosen were credited with a significant achievement in data governance. Now I suppose that shouldn’t be such […]

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What Every IT Leader Should Learn from NASA Today

Just a few minutes ago NASA postponed the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour until Monday at the earliest. Bummer. Could there be a worse launch to postpone? Not only is the President himself there watching, but the whole country is holding back their tears as Mark Kelly triumphantly charges into space as his wife, […]

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