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Comment on How to Succeed at Business Intelligence by Tweets that mention How to Succeed at Business Intelligence :The Data Whisperer -- Topsy.com

Tue, 18 May 2010 15:18:50 +0000

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Comment on Aligning on Purpose by Julius Campbell

Julius Campbell — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:57:02 +0000

Hi Niel,

Thank you for providing the model. I use it every chance I get. It's really useful in identifying and staying focused on business value. Feel free to send me the whitepapers you mentioned. I'd love to read them. Also, let me know if you have any video out there that doesn't require registration to view. There's some things that just don't come across the same way as when you actually say it like “Do more smart stuff and less stupid stuff”. I think people could benefit from seeing and hearing you say it.

Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment.

Comment on Aligning on Purpose by Niel Nick

Niel Nick — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:03:11 +0000

Julius,

Thank you for using my model. Let me know if there is anything I can provide you. I have a couple of other whitepapers I can send.

Niel

Comment on What Should Be The Focus of Every CIO? by Julius Campbell

Julius Campbell — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:52:26 +0000

Yes, and by the same token I hoped to make the point that a good CIO/CTO should allow other IT staff to be involved in shaping the strategic vision of the organization.

Thanks for the comment.

Comment on What Should Be The Focus of Every CIO? by Matthew Schmitt

Matthew Schmitt — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:02:12 +0000

I agree with you. Good CIO / CTO's should be very aware and engaged in the core infrastructure. Sure, they have solid ops managers to "turn the wrench", and must spend a great deal of time determining how to drive business initiatives with IT, but credibility as a trusted technology advisor is built on a deep understanding of the technology they plan to use to drive those initiatives.

Great thoughts here, keep it up!

Matthew Schmitt
http://matthew-schmitt.com
http://twitter.com/matt_schmitt/

Comment on Cheat Whenever Possible by Gary Eckhardt

Gary Eckhardt — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:40:11 +0000

Given the number of users on the system and the fact that the DB didn't need to be up 24×7, the decision to make a cold back was the best choice. A cold backup is ALWAYS preferrable to any other backup method as it is the most reliable in respect to recoverability both in accuracy and speed.

Gary Eckhardt
Database Administrator, 19 years experience

Comment on Just Hit The Ball! by Augie

Augie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:44:38 +0000

Paralysis by Analysis my friend. Great post.

Comment on Why You May Be Stupid For Not Being Agile by Kevin Allen

Kevin Allen — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:50:10 +0000

Unfortunately there's a lot of resistance to agile out there. Most of it is based on self-deception – people truly believe they can plan a year (or three years) of a project and let it run, and everything will work out fine, and that belief is comforting. Agile strips a lot of that away (which is one of its advantages) but it makes people very nervous.

Comment on How to Avoid the Efficiency Trap by Tweets that mention How to Avoid the Efficiency Trap :The Data Whisperer -- Topsy.com

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:03:48 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Julius Campbell, Julius Campbell. Julius Campbell said: Avoid the efficiency trap. Focus on business value instead. http://bit.ly/9xFHhi [...]