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Centrata » Blog Archive » ITFM’07 Conference Recap: Aligning IT and the Business with Pixie Dust!
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Software Solutions for Tomorrow. ITFM’07 Conference Recap: Aligning IT and the Business with Pixie Dust! One takeaway was that, while the speakers approached this topic from a variety of different angles, a consensus quickly emerged around one important thing: You cannot meaningfully talk about alignment without first having defined the IT Service Portfolio which is the common denominator between IT and its business customers and thus the very thing in which the alignment is embodied. Jeff Neville, CIO o...
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Code/Decode: December 2003
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Narain is the founder and CEO for 360 Degree Interactive, a web services firm based in Chennai, India. This blog is about his personal views on Web 2.0, RoR, Social networking,Digital media, interactive advertising, SaaS, Service Oriented Architecture, India Inc, rural education, Web standards, mobile 2.0 and more. Tuesday, December 23. The other interesting stuff is a full discussion of Prof.Leslie Young about the economic development which India and China grows in today. Economic Development. Google's ...
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Code/Decode: August 2003
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Narain is the founder and CEO for 360 Degree Interactive, a web services firm based in Chennai, India. This blog is about his personal views on Web 2.0, RoR, Social networking,Digital media, interactive advertising, SaaS, Service Oriented Architecture, India Inc, rural education, Web standards, mobile 2.0 and more. Sunday, August 31. New Screen Saver Tool for flash. In a gamut of offerings for flash, i found this tool from the Moock's blog. [pepworks interactive entertainment ]. Links to this post. Seems...
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Code/Decode: September 2003
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Narain is the founder and CEO for 360 Degree Interactive, a web services firm based in Chennai, India. This blog is about his personal views on Web 2.0, RoR, Social networking,Digital media, interactive advertising, SaaS, Service Oriented Architecture, India Inc, rural education, Web standards, mobile 2.0 and more. Saturday, September 27. Google, Amazon, Napster, eBay, ICQ are among the few. Now it's turn of amazon. The start up put up by Amazon known now as "A9" will commence their operations from O...
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Load Testing Software Resources. Loadea is a Stress testing application that aims to test the functionality of a system when this system is heavily loaded for a given period of time. The main goal of the test is to determine if the system is able to meet target availability (response time for the end user). Define your test online. Download and use the capturer to modelize your scripts;. Download and install the injector… it automatically connects to loadea to get your next test to execute;. Self-Esteem ...
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Centrata » Blog Archive » ITIL’s dressed for the corner office
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Software Solutions for Tomorrow. ITIL’s dressed for the corner office. My colleague (and a fellow blogger) Troy DuMoulin of Pink Elephant steered me toward an article yesterday that really distilled the mojo of the new ITIL release and the buzz it’s been creating in Global 1000 corporations around the world. According to Linda Tucci of SearchCIO.com, with the release of version 3, ITIL Dons a Suit and Tie. and of course, I just had to doodle up a picture for it! Annuities and Life Insurance. Letting Go O...
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Centrata » Blog Archive » Top Priorities for CIOs in 2007
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Software Solutions for Tomorrow. Top Priorities for CIOs in 2007. CIO Insight published an article recently that included a survey of CIOs regarding The Future of IT in 2007. It wasn’t a huge surprise that improving customer service came up as the top priority for IT organizations, or that aligning IT with business objectives was the top priority for IT management. So what do you need to make it a successful undertaking? How to make more money. 1 = Not at All, 10 = Absolutely, Completely). Do you offer s...
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Centrata » Blog Archive » Save Your Failed Outsourcing Initiative
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Software Solutions for Tomorrow. Save Your Failed Outsourcing Initiative. Over the last few years outsourcing has become a popular answer when the topic of IT cost cutting comes up (as it often does), but in my experience speaking with numerous CIOs in many of the world’s leading organizations, it is rarely ever as effective an answer as it may seem at first glance. In fact, according to a CIO magazine article, the failure rate is anywhere from 40%-70%. For many reasons, a comprehensive Service Portfolio...
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Centrata » Blog Archive » Question to all CIOs: IT budgeting time is here – Are YOU ready?
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Software Solutions for Tomorrow. Question to all CIOs: IT budgeting time is here Are YOU ready? For some, beads of perspiration may be forming at the very question. For a CIO, though the actual budget presentation may be short, it is a critical time to make their case for spending the following year, and more importantly, to introduce new initiatives that will strategically advance the company’s business objectives. Service based costing graphic. N Dean Meyer published an article on the subject and laid ...
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Part II – Car Tracks: The Machine That Made the Land « Jane Holtz Kay
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Author, Journalist, Critic. Part II – Car Tracks: The Machine That Made the Land. Chapter 7 – Model T, Model Cities. 8220;Automobiles have come and almost all outward things are going to be different because of what they bring.”. 8211; Booth Tarkington,. A victorious suitor mocks his competitor’s automobile in l9l4. In short order, Henry Ford’s Model T, the machine for the masses, would replace the horse and buggy with other flights of fantasy. (Library of Congress). How to be happy. What is the ego.