Is Cloud Computing Hurtling Towards Disaster?
The freight train of cloud computing has left the station and is…
Are Public Clouds Complex Environments?
A recent analyst report suggests public clouds are prone to failure because…
Cruise Ship Captains and Normal Accidents
With the official death toll at eleven and plenty more persons missing…
Extreme Redundancy – Don’t Leave Home Without It!
Visa’s command and control center—somewhere on the east coast of the United…
Forget Derivatives – Hedge Risks with Innovation and Integrated Data
To protect against wild currency swings or volatile commodity costs, one surefire…
Managing By the Numbers: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish?
Every good business manager loves metrics. After all, the old adage, “You…
“Pricing to Win” Makes Losers Out of Winners
Donald Tuck, Polish Prime Minister, is taking heat for the fiasco of…
Risk and Five Sigma Events – Can They Happen to You?
Perhaps it’s a sense of optimism wired into humans (or conversely delusion),…
Is Consulting Worth the Money?
For data warehouse implementations, many IT buyers offer their vendor a baseline…