To help ensure your IT projects are finished on time and in budget, pay IT outsourcing a flat fee. Do you realize that when you pay outsourced IT companies by the hour, unless you put some other restraints in place, you basically reward them for taking longer? For...
Executives often want me to answer the question, “How good are my IT professionals” be they in-house employees or outsourced IT professionals. The first thing I say is, “If the IT professional is like a knight in shining armor, riding his horse in to...
A client wrote me recently asking about a plain English explanation of what the term “in the cloud” is all about and the pros and cons. They are probably using some services “in the cloud” already and don’t realize it. Some smaller...
Microsoft’s research shows that worker productivity increases from 9% to 50%: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/vibe.aspx Dual monitors can pay for themselves quickly with increased worker productivity. If a worker’s productivity is increased...
