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8 simple rules for achieving ‘Lean IT’

There’s a tension between development and production that occurs across all businesses. For IT, it often means development versus operations. Managers that master “lean approaches” can learn to synchronize these two sides of the business. That’s the view of “Lean IT” guru Steve Bell, who recently released a video of

Enterprise and data integration: How urgent?

Enterprise and data integration have been at the forefront of IT initiatives for almost two decades now. A lot of progress has been made, especially because of the web, but there’s a lot that still needs to be done. And these days, the stakes are even higher. Enterprises that take

Bringing design thinking to information technology

It’s time for a fresh approach to the way IT systems are designed, as well as a fresh approach to solving business problems. That’s the view of Nelson Kunkel, director with Deloitte Consulting LLP, who explained in a recently published video that design thinking is increasingly becoming part of enterprise

When mobile drives service-oriented inititiatives

The push to enhance mobile engagement with consumers is also pushing the drive to develop reusable service layers within organizations with legacy systems. That’s one of the takeaways from a keynote presentation at the IBM Impact conference taking place this week. IT executives from Target provided details on how they

A master’s-level computer science degree, deliver..

The disruption of the economics of higher education is providing new opportunities to refresh and expand IT skills at little or no cost. It couldn’t come at a better time for professionals worried about falling behind, or for organizations scrambling to find skills for a deeper move into the digital