Archive for March, 2007

Net Neutrality

CNN has an interesting article on Net Neutrality. For the most art it is the musicians’ perspectives. But the interesting thing is it is not what you might think. They actually make some really good points and Net Neutrality is a very big issue. If companies/governments begin controlling it in any way it will impact the future of the web. At first the control may seem logical, but in reality the end result will be changed. The article is worth checking out:

CNN on Net Neutraility

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29 March, 2007 | No comments

How IT Is Putting You Out of Business |

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And what happens is the information technology people are collecting a lot of stuff that’s easy to collect, because we’ve got our fingers on it. But who’s out there digging up all the external information and organizing it in such a way inside the company that people can actually put it into their plans and into their thinking and put it into the very mechanics of how they run a company?

At first, when I read this I thought, “oh no, another IT doesn’t matter article” and if you just look at the article you may be right. But take a look at his PPT presentation at the end and you see he has some valid points that have nothing to do with IT. But if you look for solutions to the problems he is describing you see the answers in MIS. Now some have a hard time differentiating between IT and MIS, but there is a difference. MIS is focused on the business use of technology, not just the technology itself. So in this case MIS, the application of the appropriate technology, is the solution to the problems he is identifying. As the above paragraph states, IT right now simply saves and collects data that is easy. We need to start asking the tough questions and look for ways to get beyond the organization. Technology can do that. That’s what digital stakeholders is all about.

1 March, 2007 | No comments