Tag Archive 'IT'

Seven things IT should be doing (but isn’t)

Taking a hard, honest look at what you need to accomplish is the key to keeping your business competitive — and yourself gainfully employed
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld.com)
by Dan Tynan
Pity the poor IT managers.
They’re expected to know what their end-users want need, even if their end-users can’t articulate it themselves. They’re under constant pressure [...]

Is IT recession proof?

Lessons learned from the last downturn have IT confident it can weather any economic uncertainty ahead
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld.com.)
by Dan Tynan
Call it a slowdown, a downturn, or the dreaded “R” word, worries about the state of the U.S. economy have increased across virtually all sectors save one: technology.
But has IT — like the [...]

Guerrilla IT: How to stop worrying and learn to love your superusers

Your organization is filled with IT rogues and tech renegades. Here’s how best to embrace them
(This story first appeared on Infoworld.com.)

By Dan Tynan
Here’s a sobering statistic: Eighty percent of enterprise IT functions are being duplicated by folks outside of the IT department, says Hank Marquis, director of ITSM (IT systems management) consulting at Enterprise [...]