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DoDIIS Worldwide Conference 17-21 May 2009

May 7, 2009
DoDIIS Worldwide Conference 17-21 May 2009

The DoDIIS Worldwide Conference will be held in Orlando Florida this year, at the Orlando World Center Marriott. I really like this conference.  It is filled with folks I like and centers around a hard enterprise mission that cries out for strong IT solutions. The theme of this years conference is “Empowering Decision Advantage.” ...
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What CTOs should know about Adobe

May 4, 2009
What CTOs should know about Adobe

What do you think of when you hear the word Adobe?  Many folks immediately think of the open standard Portable Document Format (PDF) that was created by Adobe Systems for document exchange.   PDFs are everywhere and so is Adobe’s free PDF readers, so it is commonly the first thing that comes to mind. But...
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Intel’s Next Generation Chip Architecture

April 24, 2009
Intel’s Next Generation Chip Architecture

On 21 April 2009 Intel corporation held an “Intelligent Processors” event which highlighted Intel’s next generation chip architecture and the industry leading companies who are incorporating this technology into their products.   The event, pulled together by Nigel Ballard of Intel, included demos by companies like Endeca, Cisco, Cray, Dell, HP, Oracle, VMware, Microsoft and...
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A look ahead: Some technology developments to expect in 2009

January 1, 2009
A look ahead:  Some technology developments to expect in 2009

2008 was a year of rapid changes for Chief Technology Officers.  We should expect 2009 to move even faster.  Where will the biggest trends take us?  I offer some considerations below.  Please look these over and give me your thoughts.   Push back if you have disagreement. First, my overall advice for CTOs in...
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Collaborate and Deliver With More Cowbell

September 11, 2008

Participants in this week’s Enterprise 2.0 conference, hosted by the ODNI’s ICES group and the CIA’s WIRe team, were treated to a shared experience that is hard to capture in a blog post.   So I won’t try.  But I will say this, we all had some great collaboration and coordination lessons and context, and...
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Another government IT program succeeds beyond all expectations!

September 10, 2008

In 2002 congress passed the E-Government Act.  It mandated that the approximately 300 federal entities that can make rules expose those rules in a modernized way and also specified that regulations in draft will be exposed so comments can be solicited. The government’s response: OMB and CIO’s from throughout the government established an eRulemaking...
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Social Media and Web2.0 for National Security Planners

August 18, 2008

Over the last couple weeks I sent several friends and associates a draft article I was working up on Web2.0 for National Security Planners.  I enjoyed pulling that together, since it helped me convince myself that the right thing to do is to get more senior US strategists engaged in Social Media.  There are...
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Disruptive Technologies List Updated

July 13, 2008

The list of the positive technologies I believe all enterprise Chief Technology Officer s should be tracking has now been updated.  Please check it out at: http://ctovision.com/disruptive-it/ I try to keep this list up by remaining in dialog with enterprise CTO s and soliciting their feedback on the list.  I also keep watching what...
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Enter my office: using Adobe Acrobat Connect

June 30, 2008

I have picked a primary online meeting tool for my consultancy (Crucial Point LLC).  Although I will use any tool a client or associate needs me to use, the tool I prefer is Adobe Acrobat Connect. Why did I select Adobe Acrobat Connect?  A key reason is that no downloads are required for this...
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Clayton Christensen, Disruptive Innovations and Enterprise IT

June 24, 2008
Clayton Christensen, Disruptive Innovations and Enterprise IT

Today I got to meet one of the most influential thinkers/speakers/writers in the globe today– Clayton Christensen.  He spoke to a small group of technologists (CIOs and CTOs) at the Cisco IT executive forum, and held us all spell-bound by his fascinating (but sometimes dismal) projections based on his understanding of some major market...
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