October, 2008 | TroubleShooter

Biggest IT Myth of all time?

I believe that the biggest IT myth of all time is: that there are no such things as IT projects, only business initiatives. Anyone who repeats that myth, or believes it, does not understand the world of IT.

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Death by PowerPoint

This advice from Alexei Kapterev is highly recommended viewing for everyone who presents information to an audience. Tweet

Business savvy IT, or IT savvy Business?

One of the [linkedin.com] Chief Information Officer group members, Raghu Kastury, asked a familiar question today: “IT awareness for business users vs. business awareness for IT gurus – which is more important?”

My answer to Raghu’s question: neither, both are redundant concepts.

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Are you brave enough to “Tell ‘IT’ Like It Is?”

I think anyone with real experience of corporate IT has got memories of at least a fistful of howlers that would give salutary lessons to others. But we usually keep these nightmares to ourselves, safely behind closed doors, instead of sharing information about our mistakes that could really help others, by providing wider opportunities for learning how to avoid calamity. READ MORE

You can run… but can you hide?

The BBC Panorama programme has investigated the state of public surveillance in the UK and raises very serious questions about privacy. However, I think the programme raises an equally, if not more important, issue: Information Governance in the public sector.

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