Executives: When you make decisions, make sure you fully understand the pros and cons of your decisions. If IT is asking for some new technology, how do you know if it is an IT “want” or a “need?” Many of our clients explain that sometimes a qualified independent...
If you aren’t careful, your organization’s IT capabilities may fall behind your competitors. You may wonder what happened. Avoid being on the “bleeding edge” buying every technology as soon as it is released, but your IT advisors may be holding you back out of their...
What will you do when one of your physical servers crashes? Recovering from the crash, even if you have redundant systems, can easily be more expensive than it would be to replace your old servers now. So how many years old is “too old?” Some of my clients say “old”...
What if an IT attack, or some other event, shuts down water supplies and electricity to a large area including where your employees work? Is your organization prepared? In July, I listened to Shawn Henry, former FBI executive assistant director in charge of...
