Tech Terms: Digital Transformation
This week our tech term is not really a technical term, it is more of a marketing concept used to sell products and services. The term is Digital Transformation. Digital Transformation Digital Transformation is like “The Cloud” was ten years ago: a straightforward and simple concept that has been around for some time, hyped up […]
Tech Terms: API
If you are from Colorado you can be excused for thinking API refers to a highly-hopped craft beer. While not as delicious as an IPA (India Pale Ale), API’s (Application Programming Interfaces) are nonetheless extremely valuable for modern businesses. An API is a defined set of methods and rules for communication between applications. You can […]
Is it Possible to Manage Change Successfully?
Efforts to change have an abysmal success rate. Just think of your efforts to eat healthier, learn a new language, or stop binge-watching Stranger Things. Then think about those changes on a much bigger scale. When you try to make changes at an organizational level, things go sideways fast. This is especially true when you […]
Maybe IT wasn’t completely wrong
Not too long ago, business leaders had to go to IT to get new software approved and installed. Now, enterprise grade business applications are a Google search and credit-card swipe away. And the quality and variety are outstanding! Want to get your team collaborating and reduce the volume of email? A quick web search will […]
Finding Opportunity in the Cloud: Infrastructure-as-a-Service
In our first post in the Finding Opportunity in the Cloud series, we defined what “The Cloud” is. Now that we know what cloud is, we’ll dig into the types of cloud computing services. There are three types of cloud service, each meeting the specific requirements of different types of business problems. The first type […]
Finding opportunity in the cloud
The Cloud. Even for an industry rife with hyperbole and marketing abuses, “The Cloud” stands out as one of the most inflated and misunderstood concepts in technology. Unfortunately, this misinformation leads to businesses making poor decisions about how, when, and why to implement cloud computing. In this series of blog posts, we’ll help to clarify […]
Top 4 Concerns Companies Have About Cloud Services
Business leaders top concerns about adopting cloud services are changing. While security and cost still give company leadership the jitters, it seems these fears are lessening while concerns about vendor lock-in and compliance/governance are growing*. However, in an informal Twitter poll, we found that IT leaders were still ranked security and a loss of control […]
Three Reasons IT Departments Are Struggling to be Relevant
Abrasively offensive? Humorously inept? Out of touch? Which vision do you think of when you think of the “IT guy”? I’ve had countless conversations in my career with people who feel the IT stereotypes are very accurate. I’ve heard story after story of the IT people who just don’t get it. It’s important to understand […]
