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An Overview of Mobility and BYOD Technology
This is the fifteenth post in my series on BYOD. I have mostly avoided talking about technology, as in many ways that is the least important, and the most straightforward aspect of dealing with BYOD....
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What Are You Doing To Get Off XP?
In case you haven’t heard Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP and Office 2003 in April of 2014. What this means is that Microsoft will no longer patch security vulnerabilities discovered in XP...
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Take A Better Look At Cloud Risks
If you have ever had a debate about whether your organisation should use cloud computing then a discussion of the risks of cloud computing will have been a significant part of it. In doing so, we...
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Does Your Architecture Pass the “So What” Test?
Does your architecture pass the “So What” test? Can you demonstrate the specific value that a particular architectural deliverable or activity will add? If not, why are you even bothering? In this...
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Some BYOD Technology Recommendations
This is the sixteenth post in my series on BYOD. In my last post on the subject I discussed a range of technologies that can be used to solve issues raised by BYOD. Here I’d like to give my broad...
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Ban the Word “Alignment” From Your Architecture
Something about the typical language of enterprise architecture is starting to bug me. The overuse of the word “alignment”. When people are asked to describe what enterprise architecture is all about,...
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Begin Every Project with a SWOT Analysis
Here’s an idea to help your projects go smoothly. Start each project off making sure that the team understands the business context it is operating in by performing a SWOT analysis. I’ve been in a...
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What Has Governance Ever Done for Me?
This is basically the question that many project managers ask me when we have a discussion about adhering to governance. They want to know what value their project gets from adhering to governance...
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What Are Architecture Documents For?
I recently had a discussion with a colleague about what the real purpose of architecture documentation is. The simple answer of “documenting the architecture” seems unsatisfactory to me – “what is the...
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Why Do Something Rather Than Nothing?
We are often called on to justify the particular option or path we are taking. We often have good articulate reasons for choosing this option over that one, for why we are taking this particular path,...
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Cloud and Consumerisation Have Changed the Desktop Forever
This blog post is sponsored by T-Systems and the Zero Distance community. Cloud and the consumerisation of IT have changed the face of end user computing, and the desktop in particular irrevocably....
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What Does Cloud Mean For Your Corporate Network?
If you are looking at a significant use of cloud computing, have you considered what this might mean for your network? Corporate networks are an often overlooked factor when thinking about cloud...
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Big News in Virtual Desktops: VMware Acquires Desktone
The big news, from my point of view, from VMworld in Barcelona was the announcement that VMware has acquired the Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) vendor Desktone. VMware is probably the leading vendor for...
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What Is the Difference Between Privacy and Security?
When talking with people about privacy and information security I often come across a common misconception – that there is nothing more to privacy than security, or that the two are roughly the same....
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NZ Government Announces Desktop as a Service
Exciting news (for me anyway)! Last Friday, November 1 2013, the New Zealand Government Chief Information Officer (Colin MacDonald, Chief Executive of the Department of Internal Affairs) announced that...
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A Presentation on ICT for Lawyers
Link: https://dougnewdick.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/a-presentation-on-ict-for-lawyers/ This post is a summary of a presentation I gave to a group of lawyers on ICT fundamentals. It represents my own...
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A Presentation on ICT for Lawyers
Link: https://dougnewdick.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/a-presentation-on-ict-for-lawyers/ This post is a summary of a presentation I gave to a group of lawyers on ICT fundamentals. It represents my own...
View ArticleWhat makes a good project manager?
Link: https://dougnewdick.wordpress.com/2019/11/28/what-makes-a-good-project-manager/ Have you ever asked yourself what makes a good project manager? I know I have. I’ve asked it with respect to good...
View ArticleBecoming a Better PM – Time Management
Link: https://dougnewdick.wordpress.com/2019/12/08/becoming-a-better-pm-time-management/ As I discussed in my previous article self management is a key competency of a good project manager, and time...
View ArticleWhat is Architecture Exactly?
Link: https://dougnewdick.wordpress.com/2020/09/13/what-is-architecture-exactly/ In the past I’ve seen people present to me a list of technologies and tell me “Here’s the architecture of our solution.”...
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