This week, I continue the computer security topic with a focus on computer security hardware. Many of us think about security with primarily a software focus. It seems to us that protecting and hacking is mainly about understanding and using software. You might be surprised to know about the special security hardware and its role in safeguarding data and other resources.
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Posted: March 12, 2018 |
This week, I start a new series on computer security. My focus is on today’s security threats and the steps that should be taken by companies to secure their assets.
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Posted: March 5, 2018 |
This post focuses on financial analysis of IT projects and the usefulness of financial tools like payback period, internal rate of return and net present value. It also discusses total cost of ownership, base-case analysis and intangible or soft measures.
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Posted: February 22, 2018 |
This week, I start a two-part series focused on project-level financial measures, like ROI, a business strategy used at the beginning of significant IT projects.
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Posted: February 19, 2018 |
In this, the third of a three-part exploration of the IT consolidation topic, I discuss methods and tools that are important to the success of consolidation projects as they impact risk and the predictability of outcomes.
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Posted: February 12, 2018 |
This is the second post on IT consolidation, a topic that is broad and important to the vitality of organizations and their IT departments. In this post, I explore the diversity of IT consolidation projects as they relate to various undertakings from server to data center consolidation.
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Posted: February 5, 2018 |
This is the first of several planned posts on IT consolidation. You might find the phrase “IT consolidation” to be cold or even unimaginative, so how can it be both an art and a science? This is what I will explore over the next couple of weeks, as the topic is so broad and important to the overall vitality of organizations and their IT departments.
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Posted: January 29, 2018 |
In this post, I explore three more of the 12 themes and variations that I explored and discussed last year. My focus in this post is areas of innovation (the chicken or the egg question), team structures, and ways to develop applications (including a discussion of architectural styles).
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Posted: January 22, 2018 |
This is the first of two recollections looking back at posts from IT Trendz published in 2017. If you read IT Trendz, you have probably noticed that the posts that appear week-to-week are usually part of a theme or linked to a main idea. An individual post explores some aspect of the subject. Usually, I have three or four posts on the idea. In this post, I want to explore three of the 12 themes (and some of the 49 variations) that I explored and discussed last year.
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Posted: January 15, 2018 |
In this post, I begin a brief look back at some of the topics I explored in 2017. Since you’re reading this post, you’re aware of IT Trendz (and hopefully a regular reader), but here are some articles that you may have missed that appeared in IBM Systems Magazine and in Destination z.
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Posted: January 8, 2018 |
