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The Impact of Disk Fragmentation on Servers
Discover the surprising difference defragmentation makes in key areas of server operation such as time to copy a file, open a document, backup and AV scan. Absolutely vital data for all IT staff.
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IT architecture, plain and simple... well, sort of
Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder points to the challenges of presenting IT or enterprise architecture as simply and plainly as possible to the business side. From Geek & Poke, under a...
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More great moments in business-IT alignment
Business-IT alignment means never having to say you're sorry....
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Worst-case scenario: the only thing worse than an angry user....
Timeless observation from Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder: What's far worse than a pack of angry users?
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Align this! If only business-IT alignment were this easy
Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder reminds us that there are no simple fixes to the long-vexing issue of "IT-business alignment:"
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Enterprise architecture's pillar of reason
Build to change, not to last
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In the way of every clean enterprise architecture...
Is there good coding behind every good architecture, or is it the other way around? Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder ponders the question: (Image: Geek & Poke, by Oliver Widder, Creative...
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How to survive your first day as CIO
So you finally got promoted to the top job. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder provides some guidance on getting through the first day:
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Taking the mystique out of private clouds
Is technology indistinguishable from magic? In his latest cartoon, Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder shows the reality behind private clouds:
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SOA in a new box
If that shiny new cloud being delivered looks awfully familiar... Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder points out that a couple of years back, SOA was delivered in a similar box, probably by the same...
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Of iPads and SOA
"World has moved on:" Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder points to the convergence between service oriented architecture and iPads...
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When CIOs get carried away with the cloud
The hype is reaching a point where any and all services are being envisioned as cloud applications. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder points out that there may be limits to what the cloud can do,...
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Why service orienting is hard to do
Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder sheds some light on one of the biggest communications obstacles between IT and business users. Business users want technology solutions yesterday. Then they'll need...
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What was it cloud was fixing again?
Been there, done that. Been there, done that. Been there, done that. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder points to the irony of it all.
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You can't beat the dead SOA horse
Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder ponders the "Second Life" of SOA and where it's re-emerging:
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SOAP versus REST: a matter of style?
Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder points out the true distinction between SOAP and REST for service calls.
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IT project risk aversion 101
Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my latest post on the lack of measurable results for IT, and posits as to where the greatest IT project risk may be found:
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What if they had a SOA and nobody came?
Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder reminds us that designing and putting a great SOA-based infrastructure out into the enterprise is only half the battle.
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How to speak the CIO's language
Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder shows us what CIOs like to hear...
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Agility for agility's sake
We talk a lot about agility. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder commends the IT world for it's own "agility" in being able to quickly transition between paradigms:
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Another view: maybe IT doesn't want to be aligned to the business
Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder responded to my recent post on "Business-IT alignment is dead," and comments that in some cases, "business-IT alignment" may not be a great deal for IT anyway:
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