Shane Schick

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Articles by Shane Schick

Would you like the good IT news or the bad IT news?

“In this environment bad news can actually be good news, if it’s not disastrously bad news.”-Andrew Bartels, Forrester ResearchThe above quote was passed on...

If SOA is truly dead . . .

“SOA met its demise on January 1, 2009, when it was wiped out by the catastrophic impact of the economic recession. SOA is survived...

Why Gen Y workers bypass IT usage policies

An IT World Canada/Harris-Decima report looks at the generation gap and shows younger employees don't take the rules around office computing very seriously. Get the stats about the demographic shift

YouTube Fridays: Heil, mein IT manager!

I've heard of the Soup Nazi, but the IT Nazi? At least in this case he's up against a similarly formidable enemy.

Say it ain’t Satyam

It was one of those coincidences that only comes along every once in a while: I received an e-mail message in my inbox the...

CIOs: Learn the wireless, workaholic ways of Gen Y

Employees aged 18 to 29 are likely connected for most of the day to a mobile device, and putting in more office hours even once the office closes. Are CIOs prepared to support them? Fourth of a five-part series

CES and the shadow side of business IT spending

This is probably not the best time to try and buy a $10,000 server. Hiring expensive consultants to retool a service-oriented architecture likely won’t...

What will change everything? Ask a computer scientist

There are probably a lot of technology vendors who would be willing to answer the question, “What will change everything?” Wisely, John Brockman chose...

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