Windows XP - Invincible?
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, IT strategy, Microsoft on October 8, 2008 at 11:53 am
So, the day of execution for Windows XP has been lifted…once again. Have we just fallen in love with Teletubby landscapes, and feel-good factors such as ‘My Documents’, ‘My Computer’, and ‘My PC needs a reboot after that upgrade…’? Read more
Financial Turmoil, Recession, and Successful Business
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Credit Crunch, IT Success, Government policy, business goals, Business processes on September 26, 2008 at 3:50 pm
“It’s not the Wall Street Crash of 1929, It’s not going to be The Great Depression of the 1930’s, it’s all quite different…er…honest…” Read more
Ahhh, the Wonders of Technology!
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, business goals, Business processes on May 21, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Ahhh, the wonders of technology! I can sit and write this blog whilst waiting for an RAC man to fix my broken down car, stranded as I am, on a London arterial car park. Whatever happened to the boast that we would all be rescued from roadside boredom within 40 minutes? Read more
You cannot be serious!
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Microsoft Dynamics, IT Success, business goals, Microsoft on March 27, 2008 at 2:28 pm
“The biggest decision we’ve made is to push into business applications,” declared Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the Dynamics-based Convergence conference in Florida last week. “I still get asked “is Microsoft a serious player in business applications?’” The answer it seems is, yes. “This is mission-critical for us,” thundered Ballmer. (myCustomer.com 18/03/08)
The question of whether Microsoft is serious about business software is really a non-starter. Read more
Live the Dream
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in CRM, IT Success, IT strategy, business goals, Business processes on March 6, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Every business has a dream. If not, why bother spending so much time and effort on something which other people are doing already? The difference is some businesses are ‘living the dream’ whilst others merely ‘talk the dream’. Allow me to explain. Read more
“Where There’s a Will…”
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, business goals on February 21, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Another day and another government IT project running into trouble! Many of you might be expecting now a list of 10 reasons why projects fail or succeed, but I will not go down that route. Instead, there were two meetings I had this week which illustrate the difference between success and failure in business projects, or rather the potential for both. Read more
Meetings, Rigor Mortis, and Management Consultants
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, business goals, Business processes, Collaboration on January 21, 2008 at 9:57 am
Businesses do meetings. They do lots of meetings! There is nothing more uninspiring than going into a meeting knowing from the outset that little progress is likely to be made in getting past a business obstacle. Hours can go by and the sum total achievement might be an in-depth knowledge of the constituent minerals of a bottle of Evian. Read more
The Online Challenge for IT Directors
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in ecommerce, supply chain, IT Success, IT strategy, business goals, Business processes on January 13, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Where were you during the Winter Sales? In the street, online, or just at home - not bothered? With five consecutive interest rate rises, confidence undermined by turbulence in financial markets and the collapse of Northern Rock, retailers have warned for some time that things might become unstuck in the retail sales market this Xmas. Read more
Do Kids Really Learn at School?
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, Government policy, Microsoft on January 6, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Do schools actually teach our kids anything? I don’t mean do they teach facts and figures and dates and numbers and poems… what I mean is, do schools ever teach our children how to think? Do they open the possibility for creative thought, lateral thinking, allowing for the production of new and exciting ideas to explore?
What Are Your New Year IT Resolutions?
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Staff retention, IT Success, business goals, Uncategorized on January 2, 2008 at 12:32 pm
New Years Eve, and a friend asked me “what’s going to be the next big thing in the coming year”? (Perhaps you can tell what type of parties I go to!) I was just about to launch into my “here’s where I start sounding knowledgeable as I’m in the business and must have a thing or two to say about the subject“, when a nagging voice inside my head asked me “why’s he so interested in this right now “? Read more
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