Whether looking for an investor, a joint venture or joint development partner, a strategic hire, or your next CEO, a warm introduction is almost always better than a cold call or solicitation. But the quality and effectiveness of warm introductions vary considerably. In...
The Federal Communications Commission, on September 21, proposed rules that would prevent Internet service providers (“ISPs”) from treating different sources and types of data differently; more to the point, the rules would prevent your ISP from charging a premium for watching content generated by third...
The Federal Communications Commission, on September 21, proposed rules that would prevent Internet service providers (“ISPs”) from treating different sources and types of data differently. These rules would enforce “Network Neutrality.” More to the point, the proposed rules entrench the way that...
IT requirements definition approaches, tools and techniques are based on the hearsay. We ask representatives of the business to tell us what they want and need. If hearsay is inadmissible in court, then why is it admissible in IT? Hearsay evidence is not admissible...
Milwaukee County's CIO, Dennis John is facing huge budget cuts for his 2010 budget which requires cutting 400 IT and related jobs. In response he is planning increased us of cloud computing, outsourcing mainframe staff, as well as replacing some 4,500 desktops with thin clients...
There are seven sources of waste identified in lean thinking. Unnecessary Inventory is one of them and found in any company. On first thought it might be easy to say that there is no inventory in IT so this form of waste does...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has taken a welcome stance on controversial regulations, announcing last week that it would rescind rules enacted in 2007 that were viewed by many in the patent community as draconian. The move represents a desire by new Patent and...
Forget last Saturday's football showdown between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Ignore the Monday night football game between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre's Minnesota Vikings. The real cross-border game these days is all about biotechnology. At least, that's the view from...
What percent of your revenues come from products introduced in the last 3 years? Are you growing faster than the market you serve? What percent of your Patents and IP are actually being put to use? How many ideas did you generate per person last...
Chicago may have lost the vote, but it should not lose the will to improve the city. Go for fiber to get to the Gold. Olympics or no Olympics, Chicago has a long road ahead of it to build and re-build its infrastructure. ...