Al Horner

Articles by Al Horner

Project planning, you say

Last year, my fellow columnist, Ken Hanley the IT Guerrilla, wrote that if you try to plan...

What did you say?

Can someone out there tell me about internetworking? I used to know about networks, then I found out about the Internet which is a network and intranets, which aren't quite the same.

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I missed the wide-eyed children, noisy, sleepy, whining or whatever. I missed the bright lights, the schmaltzy...

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It takes 10 minutes in the comfort of your home…to make a purchase, but it still takes ...

The passion for software and the damage done

Some people become very passionate about software. Personally, I think that sex, politics and religion inspire passion,...

Data warehouse or data pit?

Marketing hype aside, data warehousing and data modeling have been around for a long time. Alexander the...

Phase Two: the forgotten aspects

Sooner or later, all packaged software implementations enter what I call Phase 2. This roll-out phase is...

Phase 2 and beyond

"When are we going to do Phase 2 of our administration systems?"This is a question that has been asked by operations staff through at...

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