A few weeks ago, we introduced the top three critical technology mistakes companies make, and two weeks ago we took a closer look at the first: Lack of technical leadership. Today, we’re going to talk about the second big mistake many companies make: Embracing poor expectations in regard to software
Read more →Last week, we talked about the top three critical technology mistakes companies make, and this week we’re going to take a closer look at one of them: Failing to secure professional, strategic technical leadership. Most businesses recognize the need for accounting, legal, and strategic leadership. Long history has taught the
Read more →A while back, my team helped an online retailer recover from a major technology disaster that was threatening the organization’s long-term viability. We then went on to build sustainable platforms that enabled the client to quickly scale up and, within a year of our engagement, sell the business under favorable
Read more →I just finished reading some wonderful recap and analysis about the recent downtime of Amazon’s cloud services over at aNewDomain.net and ZDNet. The list of services affected include big-time players whose loss was keenly felt across the Internet (though, thankfully, none of them seemed to be critical services — with apologies to
Read more →The image above is a programmer’s joke about how difficult it is to communicate with non-programmers. But the reverse is also true. Almost everyone who has worked with programmers (or developers, as some prefer to be called) has a story to tell about working with an extremely talented person who —
Read more →I read a very interesting article on Forbes.com this morning, which had the rather sensational headline Why YOUR Company Must Become a Tech Company. The piece, which was categorized as “Leadership” begins this way (emphasis in the original): Apple’s amazing increase in value is more than just a “rah-rah” story
Read more →Seth Godin is a Very Smart Guy. He recently published a blog post on The extraordinary software development manager, and it echos many of the critiques I made of the current state of software development management. An excerpt from Seth’s post: 1. Clients want useful visibility into the future in terms
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If you are around computer-using kids, you’ve probably heard of Minecraft. You’ve probably heard about it so much you wish they would stop. In a video game industry that is obsessed with pushing the envelope on realism, combat, and protecting intellectual property, this indie hit (written by one man–Markus “Notch”
Read more →The skinny: When Microsoft’s Azure Cloud platform went offline for several hours on Leap Day this year, the Internet lit up with furor over their prior claims of stability as a benefit of the cloud application. Why it matters: Choosing between cloud applications versus self-managed systems can be a tough
Read more →The skinny: Google has offered a total of $1 million in rewards to anyone who can “break” Chrome, reveal its weaknesses, and then report on them. Why it matters: For all the publicity around their new privacy policy, Google continues to lead the way in big technology transparency and open
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