Is the “IT� Label Limiting?

When warning customers, friends, and family about the dangers cybercrime, they usually accuse me of exaggerating the severity of internet related criminal activity.  They think I'm sensationalizing an "epidemic" that, in reality, isn't very organized or pervasive.  The truth though is that cybercrime is very mature, very businesslike, and more of a threat than ever before.  A perfect example of the maturity of internet crime is the Russian Business Network (... more

  Last week I spoke with a Hungarian banker about the CMDBf specification. He was broad and burley, with a thick beard, a muscular neck, shoulders like a bear, and a gruff, heavily accented voice. "CMDBf?" he sneered with a toss of his head. "I'll believe it when I see it."   I was dumfounded, though not with his skepticism. After all, although I see widespread adoption of the CMDBf specification as very likely, mine is an insider's view that I don... more

  A recent CIO Magazine CIO2CIO Program Study reported the detailed findings of a Business Service Management survey conducted by IDG Research Services. It provided insight into the advent and role of service management in IT organizations worldwide, but there were two items that I found particularly interesting.   The first was regarding the "Importance of IT Priorities in the next 12 months." "Aligning IT with Business Priorities" got top ranking. It rec... more