Here’s a concept that resonates especially well with me: the advantage of small teams. Small drives prioritization, necessary tradeoffs, and clarity of objectives. It’s why I work for a small company and why I lead a small team. This “smallness” is often easier said than done for development projects, however, especially within large organizations where quantity (people, budget) has a …
Tech Needs More Women, IMO. Lean In?
As a “progressive” father of a bright tween daughter, I have a strong personal interest in the opportunities and stereotypes that exist for women in our society. The survey results below, summarized by Caron Carlson in FierceCIO and originally published by Kurt Wagner in Forbes, cast new light on our reality. What’s most interesting to me are the results where …
Info-Graphic: World’s 5 Largest Data Centers
I’m pleased to present a new info-graphic from AIS. Enjoy and share! Brian Wood, VP of Marketing
IT Strategy: Keeping it Real, Keeping it Relevant
“Where are we going?” “What are our priorities?” “Why aren’t we doing X?” “Why are we doing Y?” Summary post by Caron Carlson in FierceCIO and original article by Andrew Horne in the Corporate Executive Board. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– How to make your IT strategy relevant For an IT strategy to remain …
IT Projects: Must They Always Go Wrong? (No!)
IT guys (and gals) are the lifeblood of our company and of our clients’ companies — which is why I pay attention to articles that pass along wisdom about the IT profession. Because IT pervades nearly everything we do in a networked economy, the nature of many IT projects is that they are big. And big is not necessarily beautiful …
IT Security: Do As IT Say, Not as IT Do
No matter how sophisticated the technology, the proverbial “man in the middle” is still often the weakest link when it comes to security. Below are sobering points about the importance of remembering the fundamentals: wash your hands, say you’re sorry, and change your password. By Caron Carlson in FierceCIO and original article by Nathan Eddy in eWeek. Emphasis in red …
Big Data: “60M 5-Drawer File Cabinets per Hour”
The analogy used in the article below really drives home the visualization of simply how much data we’re talking about when we talk about big data. Wal-Mart — granted, the largest retailer on the planet — generates the equivalent of 60 million 5-drawer file cabinets’ worth of data EVERY HOUR. [ And using 3rd-grade math, that’s the equivalent of 1 …
RightScale “State of the Cloud” Survey Results
Results from a “State of the Cloud” survey conducted by RightScale shows continued strong adoption of public, private, and hybrid clouds by enterprises and SMBs alike. Summary article by Nicole Henderson in The WHIR and RightScale’s press release is re-posted in its entirety. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— Enterprises Take Public First Approach with …
AIS Selected as Innovation Awards Finalist
More good news for Team AIS! The San Diego Business Journal announced that AIS is a finalist for the prestigious 2013 Innovation Awards. This special awards program was created with the vision to honor and acknowledge the people and organizations that continue to stretch boundaries and to recognize those individuals and companies who demonstrate how the innovative spirit drives economic …
China Painted Red re: Cyber Espionage
Yesterday I posted a blog about Verizon’s recent analysis of cyber security events in 2012, including cyber espionage. In that article China came out “in the red” (har har). Other information by Akamai, summarized below in an article by Charlie Osborne in ZDNet, paints a similar story, but not quite as dire. According to Akamai, China is still #1 with …
