the jatana group

Behavioral Assessments; HBR’s 10 Most Common Failures of Bad Leaders

Introspection leads to growth. Scientifically validated behavioral assessments are key to effective introspection. I recently completed the Predictive Index® [PI] survey, an assessment tool that provides insight into the natural workplace behaviors. I have to agree with the statement, "it appears to be a simple adjective checklist, however the results are ...

Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s Healthcare Innovation

On April 30th, a cool, rainy spring afternoon, I had the opportunity to visit the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus [BNMC]. The tour, arranged by Buffalo Niagara 360, was intended to expose business executives and professionals to the medical innovation taking place in the Buffalo/Niagara region. The event participants gathered in ...

Social Computing in the Enterprise: Social Software Considerations

On Monday, May 4, the Buffalo Technology Community held the third BarCamp unconference. This BarCampBuffalo had a theme: Social Media (aka Social Computing, Social Networking). This was a great opportunity to discuss the topic which has been on my mind: Social Computing in the Enterprise. Though we wouldn’t think ...

Aneesh Chopra Named Federal CTO

[caption id="attachment_150" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Aneesh Chopra, Federal CTO"][/caption] After high expectations, much anticipation and speculation, on April 18, 2009, President Obama named Aneesh Paul Chopra the first-ever Federal Chief Technology Officer. I’m sure many of us are thinking, “Déjà vu? Didn’t President Obama already appoint an IT chief in March?” ...

Google Apps Achilles’ Heel – ‘on behalf of’ messaging

Having architected, deployed, and managed enterprise Microsoft Exchange environments, I know Microsoft Exchange Server is a solid, scalable, and feature-rich product which leverages Microsoft’s LDAP directory services, Active Directory. However, the caveats to implementing this system include a commitment to the Microsoft platform and in-house expertise to manage the infrastructure. ...

Leadership & The Workplace: What Do We Expect?

On March 31, I attended the second BarCampBuffalo. Like the first-ever event, this event was a success with a very good turnout. This time around, I chose to lead a discussion on Leadership & Management. In one way or another, the topic of workplace leadership/management affects us all, yet we ...

Twitter Best Practices by Gartner

Gartner, an IT research and advisory firm, released new research predicting that "by 2011, enterprise microblogging will be a standard feature of 80 percent of social software platforms". Twitter is primarily aimed at individuals, so it is not imperative for every corporation to be actively participating at an official level. However, the ...

Vivek Kundra’s Federal IT Revolution

[caption id="attachment_24" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO"][/caption] On March 5th, 2009, President Obama named Vivek Kundra the first-ever Federal Chief Information Officer. Vivek has built a reputation for challenging the status quo, championing transparency and accountability in government, making government accessible to the masses via social networking, and leveraging cloud computing ...

‘Interaction Assurance’: Options for Strong Authentication in World 2.0?

On March 3, 2009, Buffalo held its first-ever BarCamp--appropriately called BarCampBuffalo. :-D I saw this as a great opportunity to have the Buffalo Technology Community come together and learn from one another. Mike Brennan, Steve Poland, Chris Smith, and Chris Van Patten deserve a lot of credit ...