It's been a challenging year, both politically and economically. It's also been interesting to watch the reactions.

Technical paralysis sets in when it becomes impossible for an organization's information systems to be modified in a timely manner to respond to business, technical, or legal changes. Let me give you a couple examples from my own recent experience.

There have been an increasing number of references made recently to the concept of analyzing information emanating from social media sites to gauge consumer sentiment and using these findings to perform rea

Implementing best practices is a must for real leaders who value their role as stewards of shareholder value and wh

If you're doing agile consulting, you may meet two different types of clients: the chaotic client, where your major challenge is to introduce at least some discipline into the development work, and the disciplined organizations that welcome you with their process handbook and ask you "to help us write the chapter on agil

Often, at the heart of a successful project management practice is a project management office (PMO), which has been structured to create a path of success for company projects and the project managers who lead them. Sounds like a good plan, right?

The causes of corporate death that are most often heard at the coroner's inquest fall into two major categories: death caused by a weak/inappropriate strategy or death caused by operational ill-execution.

The causes of corporate death that are most often heard at the coroner's inquest fall into two major categories: death caused by a weak/inappropriate strategy or death caused by operational ill-execution.

The causes of corporate death that are most often heard at the coroner's inquest fall into two major categories: death caused by a weak/inappropriate strategy or death caused by operational ill-execution.

The causes of corporate death that are most often heard at the coroner's inquest fall into two major categories: death caused by a weak/inappropriate strategy or death caused by operational ill-execution.

Recently, I was reading yet another article on the impact of CAD/CAM 3D printing on the engineering and manufacturing of sophisticated parts and products. Increasingly, organizations are looking at the idea of engineering-to-order (ETO) as a means of capturing the demand for more and more sophisticated products.

Recently, I was reading yet another article on the impact of CAD/CAM 3D printing on the engineering and manufacturing of sophisticated parts and products. Increasingly, organizations are looking at the idea of engineering-to-order (ETO) as a means of capturing the demand for more and more sophisticated products.

Strategic IT planning is central to establishing the IT vision and, more importantly, the vision of how IT will propel the business (or government agency) forward.

Strategic IT planning is central to establishing the IT vision and, more importantly, the vision of how IT will propel the business (or government agency) forward.

All the talk in the press lately about the US national debt (and the political system's inability to deal with it) got me thinking about another kind of debt near and dear to an architect.

Management scholars in the year 2040 will undoubtedly label the second decade of the third millennium as the point in time when decision-making transparency became widely recognized as a preferred and affordable source of competitive advantage.

Management scholars in the year 2040 will undoubtedly label the second decade of the third millennium as the point in time when decision-making transparency became widely recognized as a preferred and affordable source of competitive advantage.

We as a nation -- and each CEO as the individual custodian of a business enterprise -- are going to have to rethink how we define "secure." On most planets there is no way anybody would consider him or herself safe if the average evil-doer could penetrate a defense simply by walking around it. Nevertheless, that is precisely the situation when it comes to cybersecurity.

We as a nation -- and each CEO as the individual custodian of a business enterprise -- are going to have to rethink how we define "secure." On most planets there is no way anybody would consider him or herself safe if the average evil-doer could penetrate a defense simply by walking around it. Nevertheless, that is precisely the situation when it comes to cybersecurity.

The move to the cloud, SaaS applications, and even infrastructure is changing corporate IT. Much of the transactional work will be gone forever. There are impacts on the nature and the size of IT staffing. The walls of the enterprise have been breached, and new offerings may level them totally, spreading the net of providers well outside the boundaries of the traditional enterprise.

The move to the cloud, SaaS applications, and even infrastructure is changing corporate IT. Much of the transactional work will be gone forever. There are impacts on the nature and the size of IT staffing. The walls of the enterprise have been breached, and new offerings may level them totally, spreading the net of providers well outside the boundaries of the traditional enterprise.

The consumerization of enterprise software encompasses the adaptation and use of consumer-oriented software, devices, and marketing and delivery practices to support corporate business users.

"If you need ammunition to spur your action into better action when it comes to a tablet strategy, you can find it here."

-- Gabriele Piccoli, Editor