Juniper's "SSL VPN" is a usability disaster. Only works out of the box on one particular combination of versions of Java, MS-Windows, and MS-IE. I got our compiler guy to figure out how to run the executable...
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The biggest problem is that managers hate when I ground them lying.
In reply to: Ageism?
IT isn't doing its job to empower if employees prefer to work at home due to superior gear and connectivity.
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Web apps can often work just as well as native apps, particularly when the native apps in question are really just a way to attach specific functionality to a button or two. Companies often don't go through the trouble of...
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It's not just the limits of automation. It's also that too many companies see social media as a one-way medium.
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If the employer cares about retaining employees, it won't try to make them work absurd hours, the sort only a young worker would put up with. Such companies are invariably more stable and more likely to thrive over time.
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The fewer notifications the better. And finding things in the store is not an issue. One can always ask the iEmployees. My ideal Apple Store experience is to arrive, buy, and leave as fast as possible.
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The electricity analogy was dreadful because it applied to one slice of IT -- datacenter infrastructure -- but was used by Nicholas Carr to suggest that all of the IT was doomed. As if the use of data and the use of electricity...
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Diversity in age, backgrounds and experience almost always distinguishes healthy organizations from those that ar just plodding along.
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Across company units, GE is a pioneer in what's commonly known as the Internet of things but which GE calls "the industrial Internet." Quick plug: At our InformationWeek Conference on April 1, we'll be interviewing GE Power's...
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The problem, though, is figuring out the "L". Loss is both monetary and reputaional and the "cost" of making the organization whole may be neyond counting...
In reply to: Re: Negligence, not risk a better metric for IT security
I have bit my tongue about this aspect during the recent articles involving ageism (good articles by the way), because I don't want to be that grumpy old dude. But... Having been brought in as a consultant, or even as leade...
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Ah, Joe, doesn't that "extra scaffolding" you refer to amount to extra charges? I think Google is saying you'll get the performance you expect, no need to reserve a quality of service setting for a fee. But I agree it's...
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I use Strava in the same way to track bike rides, and the value is purely entertainment. By following other riders I can, if I miss the morning ride, see if the group had a particularly fast ride that would've left me in...
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I, too, am unclear on App use versus "Web services" uses. The story says "Google was the top overall web service," and I'm assuming this is the search engine. Google is there as the default search engine on Android devices...
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With Afirmative Action, White males have it even tougher. We are the disadvantaged not only because of age, but race.
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I have a couple of quibbles with Simmons' comments: 1. The comment "you have to start with a hypothesis" kind of goes against the big data trend. With high-scale, low-cost platforms, you can capture all the data and use...
In reply to: Aircraft industry isn't dumping data
Clearly the impact of Consumerization of IT and BYOD was spawned by the fact that most IT departments were getting hammered to stretch out replenshment cycles to conserve dollars -- and the workforce started realizing what...
In reply to: Legacy or Ancient
I think you nailed it - patients need ways to help stay engaged in their own health. One way to do this is allow them to control their own medical records and even have some structured data points in place to review prescription...
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From a SaaS perspective, one analogy I've often heard used is ADP, the payroll services provider (and now an HR app services provider as well). Sometimes the ADP analogy has been used by SaaS vendors that companies have...
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