Latest Blog Posts for A CIO's Epilogue

• I Was A Gamer At Heart Until I Grew Up
  on Jun 1, 2009
  I spent time with my 6-year old nephew last weekend. He really is into his Wii and all things Wii.I started to reminisce about when I was around his age. There were two major events that stood out in my life at that time. The first was watching Star...
• AOL and Time Warner Split – FINALLY!
  on May 30, 2009
  I was never a big fan of this merger back in 2001. It just didn’t seem right. You didn’t need to be a M&A expert to know this would not have worked.I have been an AOL subscriber since 1990. I remember using AOL v1 over dial up. The glory days of...
• Bing Is Coming. Are You Excited?
  on May 29, 2009
  When I first heard the name I thought it was referring to Stanley Bing in Fortune magazine. I like his writings and want more. But no….It is Microsoft’s new search tool (http://www.Bing.com). This new service will be rolled out worldwide by June...
• Into The Cloud – An Executive Summary
  on May 29, 2009
  Cloud computing is the latest buzzword bandied about the web these days and often attributed to different things. The simplest answer is this technology uses scalable and virtualized resources over the Internet. The functions and usability is generat...
• Did You Hulu Today?
  on May 28, 2009
  Okay. I am not a big fan of watching movies on my computer. I get tired of sitting in my chair in my office. And my kitchen is downstairs. So a quick jaunt for popcorn or a cold beer becomes a journey. Also I have a great sound system on my TV. So ev...
• 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Decade
  on May 28, 2009
  Time Magazine recently published what it judges to be the 10 biggest tech failures of the decade . The article mentions several of the industry’s best-known names lost significant market share and competitive edges as a result of launching products...
• WSJ Article - The New Résumé: Dumb and Dumber
  on May 27, 2009
  There is a great article in the Wall Street Journal today about resumes and how job hunters are dumbing them down to get interviews. It is sad, but the current state of affairs in the search for jobs. The New Résumé: Dumb and Dumber...
• Résumés – Are You Lost? Here Are Some Clues
  on May 27, 2009
  As a follow up to my post “Resumes-Are You Lost?” I received some great comments. When I wrote the post it was more of a humorous look at resumes and the confusion around them.Being confused about resume is part of looking for a job. There is no...
• Culture – CIO to CIO
  on May 26, 2009
  Culture is very important in any firm. A good CIO is one that understands, respects and does not fight it. I have tried to be a student of understanding culture. After all, I was head of IT for an America subsidiary with a foreign parent. Let us just...
• Are You Twittering? If Not You Are Missing Out
  on May 21, 2009
  As a technology executive, I must admit, I am a little amazed by Twitter. It is a free tool that let’s everyone else who are also tweeting know everything you want them to know in the space of 140 characters. 140 characters does not sound like alot...

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