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THE CHALLENGE Retaining IT employees has become one of today's most difficult challenges for CIOs and senior systems management teams.
August 31, 2000 | Authored By: Lou Russell
Recently, I attended a conference that had a thin but interesting service-oriented architecture (SOA) track, with sessions such as "SOA: Hype or Happening" and "Security and Governance of Online and B2B SOA Traffic." While I attended both sessions, here I focus
November 13, 2008 | Authored By: Frank Teti
INTRODUCTION
I am a practitioner, not an academic. I have spent more than 25 years working with teams in a variety of environments. Over the past 15 years, I have been asked to focus more and more on virtual teams.
June 30, 2006 | Authored By: Sid Henkin
With significant input from fellow Cutter Consultant Ken Collier, I
October 1, 2009 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
Throughout this Executive Update series, we have been examining a nonprofit association facing serious IT leadership
August 16, 2010 | Authored By: Kenneth Rau
The path to becoming a digital company is difficult and the challenges are multifold. It means ensuring customers remain connected even with the drastic changes that may be needed and overcoming resistance to new business models. Becoming digital does not simply mean implementing new technology; it also requires developing new leadership skills combined with connectivity among a company’s people, processes, and data. Cultural changes may also be a challenge if the digital transformation must cut across silos in the organization. This Advisor’s case study examines the implementation of a digital change in a US community bank meant to retain its loyal customer base and to put in place newer ways of monetization.
November 15, 2018 | Authored By: Jagdish Bhandarkar, Namratha Rao
Success can be achieved by groups of highly talented individuals — heroics in action — but only in certain situations for limited periods of time. This is not repeatable or sustainable. Striving for the goal of sustainable improvement requires a more structured approach supported by technology. This can enable teams of “mere mortals” to perform and feel like superstars.
August 2, 2017 | Authored By: Mike Gammage
What is it about an IT vacancy that causes the kneejerk reaction, "I'm looking for someone with one to three years experience"?
September 12, 2000 | Authored By: Geoff Dober
The various articles in the "Technology and the Customer Experience" issue of the Cutter IT Journal (Vol. 24, No.
April 26, 2011 | Authored By: Paul Clermont
In my last Advisor (see "Col
November 9, 2006 | Authored By: Christopher Avery
Giancarlo Succi has consulted with private and public organizations worldwide in the areas of Agile methods, software quality (measurements), software system architecting, design, development, IT strategy, and training for software personnel. Dr. Succi is a tenure Professor at the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen (Italy), where he directs the Center for Applied Software Engineering. Previously, he was a tenure Professor at the University of Alberta, Edmonton (Canada), where he served as Director of Computer Engineering and Director of the Alberta Software Engineering Research Consortium;…
December 31, 2000 | Authored By: David Kane, David Dikel
Dennis Hogarth has more than 40 years of experience in information and communications technology (ICT), organizational governance, project management, information risk management, and ICT audit and compliance. In addition to managing projects and service delivery teams, Mr. Hogarth has served in several international leadership roles, gaining considerable experience working in multicultural settings. He retired as a partner with KPMG, where he worked in both internal and client service roles. Among his major accomplishments includes the formation and management of KPMG’s…
When there is a clear understanding of the purpose and costs of IT services -- and how those services directly support the business -- IT becomes a critical member of the business team. With this in mind, let's dive into the results of Cutter's ninth annual IT budget survey.
December 18, 2014 | Authored By: Dennis Adams
SEISMIC SHIFTS IN TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA CONSUMPTION SPARK RADICAL CHANGES IN MARKETING Business insights that reveal transformative opportunities are the holy grail of the 21st-century
May 31, 2006 | Authored By: Leslie Jump, Vince Kellen
This issue of CBR was very interesting and a lot of fun to write. The topic, mashups, is cutting edge and receiving substantial attention -- at least in its most visible substantiation of consumer mashups -- and it is one of the engines of the Web 2.0 trend.
February 29, 2008 | Authored By: Gabriele Piccoli