As I’m flying to St Louis today reading Bruce Scheier’ “Beyond Fear”, I’m struck by something so obvious that I feel stupid. We all fill out forms online. Many of the forms require some sort of security verification in the event of a lost password. For instance, your Mother’s Maiden name is frequently used. I [...]
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Very interesting information from Nick Carr: Pacific Gas & Electric Company last month began paying corporate customers to reduce the number of servers they run. The giant California utility, reports Larry Dignan, is giving companies cash rebates for using virtualization software to consolidate their applications onto fewer servers. The rebates typically amount to between $150 [...]
The latest issue of ChangeThis is available online. I encourage all readers who are interested in thinking — truly thinking — about their career and life to read ChangeThis. Technorati tags: change, changethis
I had the good fortune to have lunch with someone who reminded me of a very important element of consulting. Its all about change. Many of the elements about a client situation are obvious when viewed with an outsider’s perspective. The outsider (consultant) is not burdened with internal politics, history, or other detritus. When the outsider [...]