Steve Andriole

We love to think big. We love to pay attention to macro trends, to pretend that we’re in the midst of “significance.” So where are we now? Is the business/technology relationship changing? Are really big things about to happen? Yes. Let’s look at some of them — and how you should respond. Operational Versus Strategic […]

In spite of how far we’ve come and how elegant and powerful much of our information technology really is, and in spite of bear market prices, I must admit that we still spend too much money on business technology — way too much. Let’s look at what’s going on — and how we might get […]

Here’s a conversation that may touch some nerves out there. Let me know if it hits home. The participants include a whole horde of “chiefs”: a chief executive officer (CEO), a chief operating officer (COO), a chief financial officer (CFO), a chief marketing officer (CMO), a chief security officer (CSO), a chief learning officer (CLO), […]

This one’s been around for a long, long time. It’s actually masqueraded under lots of aliases over the years, including total quality management (TQM), capability maturity, statistical quality control and balanced scorecards, among other attempts to better organize us at work. Of course, all of these movements have their gurus and disciples, and all of […]

I was at a meeting recently and someone asked, “What happened in the late 1990s…what the hell was everyone thinking and why did we all lose our minds?” Just in case anyone’s forgotten, we overspent on technology, deployed questionable killer apps, and generally suspended the use of due diligence, business cases, total cost of ownership […]

Let’s talk about timing. Or about that job we didn’t take that would have turned out great, or the project we should have skipped that turned out so horribly, or the plan that we should have implemented a year ago. Let’s talk about business technology timing. Let’s also talk about vitamin pills and pain killers, […]

We all need help sometimes. Not long ago I needed help developing a high-level strategy for a company that wanted to rethink it’s business technology investments. I was asked, “So if we’re going to invest in technology, what should be the big drivers, what should be the filters through which we send these potentially huge […]

Every once and while it’s therapeutic to step back and look at the forest. Then after you feel a little better, it’s fun to target some trees. Here are 10 things you can do to improve the relationship between business and technology. Some of them are a little draconian, some pretty obvious, some edgy and […]

What is “pervasive computing” and why should you care? We entered the pervasive computing era around 2000. Pervasive computing includes: Adaptive architectures “Always on” connectivity IP ubiquity Automation Rich content Security Supply chain integration Convergence (devices, business modes, communications, personal/professional processes…) The challenge is to reassess your computing and communications environment this time with reference […]

Do you ever have trouble selling technology projects? Over the years I’ve run through a bunch of methods and approaches. But it’s 2002, Wall Street is collapsing under the pressure of its indiscretions, corporate America is under fire for its inability to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and the technology capital […]