Happy fathers day
Great essay by Tony Woodlief in the OpinionJournal on Friday.
I think Father’s Day ought not to be a celebration of every man who managed to procreate, but instead a time to honor those increasingly rare men who are actually good at fathering. But what makes a good father? This question holds […]
Interview with Dr. Margaret Myers - SOAs enable collaboration within the Department of Defense
This interview was first published on CSOonline.com
Dr. Myers is the Principal Director for the Department of Defense (DoD) Deputy Chief Information Officer. In this role, her primary focus is on leading the Information Age transformation for the Department by enabling net-centric warfighting and operations.
Her prior positions include Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer; Acting […]
Findability throughout the sales process
To invest in your own findability, businesses need to ask themselves the following: does the totality of our customer’s experience lead him or her to find their desired result for the needs, preferences, and location they specify?
Findability is vitally important to ensure that customers locate the information they need to make a decision and achieve […]
Interview with Bob Potter
On 4 March 05, I interviewed Bob Potter, CEO of Kalido. We spoke about head to head competition, flexibility and the impact of alliances on a growing company. At the time, Kalido was a provider of adaptive data warehousing software for enterprises. Customers include Unilever, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Labatt Breweries of […]
Interview with Andrew “Flip” Filipowski
Interview with Andrew “FLIP” Filipowski
Ben Bradley, recently spoke with Andrew “Flip” Filipowski, about the gray areas of M&A, the importance of culture, and the human side of acquisitions. During his career, Flip has been instrumental in the creation of several tremendously successful technology companies, including Cullinet, which was the first software company listed on the […]
Interview with Niel Robertson
Entrepreneur Niel Robertson talks about what he looks for in a market and the importance of market timing to the success of a company. The 30-year-old MIT grad has an uncanny ability to anticipate market trends swirling around enterprise application management. As co-founder and CTO of Newmerix (http://www.newmerix.com), Niel has defined a new market opportunity […]
SBS Case Study
Making the Leap to SBS2003
A small business eliminates the complexity of paper and embraces its first server
Aurora, IL-based Premier Exteriors has provided siding, soffit, window, fascia and gutter installation services to Chicago and its outlying suburbs for more than 25 years. Premier Exteriors serves a demanding market consisting primarily of individual homeowners, regional builders and […]
Can Small Companies Benefit From SOX?
Just becuse you’re privately held doesn’t mean you can’t benefit from the ’spirit’ of Sarbanes Oxley
Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbox, or SOX. What is it and why has it received so few kind words? What about this legislation does everyone hate? What can we learn from it? And how can we apply the lessons learned by public companies […]
Protect your business from insiders
Protect your business from insiders: Manage the people threat
by Keith Chval and Ben Bradley
Virtually every piece of data worth stealing is stored electronically. As a result, employers must balance access to information with their responsibility to protect those assets from misuse.
While it is difficult to protect electronic assets against the actions of determined insiders, a […]
INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN RANZINI
INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN RANZINI: President & Chairman, University Bank
TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOU
I’ve been head of my banking organization for 17 years now. Although I was a scholarship student at Exeter and Yale, when I was 23 I convinced BankOne to lend me the money to buy a bank in a leveraged buy-out and […]