Cause Nothing Screams Expertise Louder Than A Blog. Buy my new book! With the upheaval of the economic downturn came a spate of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, splits and buy-outs. The ensuing chaos of the resulting technology portfolios cannot really be overstated. Many surviving companies are just a mess. In normal times this may not be a big deal.

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Random Thoughts, Battle Scars, and Lessons Learned on my eventful journey in Business and IT. A Few CIOs are Out But Not Down. On Dec 01, 2009, a CIO mentor of mine, serving as regional CIO of a large nationally known financial institution, had his position as Regional CIO eliminated due to CEO budget cuts. He stated in an email,. Stay focused and actively seek new opportunities.

Writings on business technology even when only loosely connected. Saturday, December 11, 2010. Moving is a real pain in the neck.

Reading List of Blogs I Follow. About Myself and the Site. Lean Six Sigma for Service. Using CodeDOM to Automate Technical Screening Evaluation. Blogged on Wed, May 27 2015 at LessThanDot.

About a year ago, the McKinsey report came out, Innovating Auto Retail. It looked at how traditional dealerships will fare in a world dominated by online shopping, and how the business model needs to change. McKinsey has some good ideas, which they tested using a simulated dealer network. In the simulation, one dealer in six had to close. One finding in the Auto Trader survey that differs from McKins.