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Yearly Archives: 2011

Business Intelligence: Building the Foundation for BI Success

By Dick Weisinger

While few Business Intelligence (BI) projects can be classified as failures, only about a quarter are called truly successful.  The rest of BI projects are in a neutral state somewhere in between, achieving results, but just not at the level

Cloud Computing: Predictions for the Cloud of the Future

By Dick Weisinger

There is a growing consensus that cloud computing will become a major component of It strategies in the future.  In many cases, it already is a major component, if not a major topic of discussion. CapGemini: “The Cloud is inevitable.”

Enterprise Risk Management: ERM Managers Learn to Think the Unthinkable

By Dick Weisinger

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is a management framework used by organizations for making decisions which balance risk against opportunity.  Core elements of ERM include concepts like internal control, regulatory compliance, and strategic planning.   The goal of ERM is to

Compliance: Has Much Changed Ten Years After Enron?

By Dick Weisinger

On December 2, 2001, Enron declared bankruptcy.  Immediately regulators cracked down, passing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which requires executives to sign off of accounting statements and to be criminally liable for their accuracy.  Ten years later, have things improved? By some

Open Source: Enterprises Favor an Open Source Cloud Stack

By Dick Weisinger

OpenStack is a software cloud stack that provides a packaged do-it-yourself (DIY) cloud service platform for hosting providers.  Rackspace Hosting and NASA started the Apache-licensed Open Source project in July 2010.  The goal for the OpenStack project is to make