by Ron Miller

Why do some in IT continue to resist change?

IT has always been a profession that's continually evolved, and yet there seems to be a firm resistance to the latest changes around consumerization, mobile and the cloud by some in the profession that's really hard to understand, especially in that historical context.  http://bit.ly/1hxjMZr

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Shadow IT is really a call for help

Some IT pros see Shadow IT as an act of defiance by employees. I see it differently. I see it as a call for help and a failure by IT to provide tools that help them do their jobs.http://bit.ly/1dt8u7h

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Cloud likely has more penetration than CIOs realize

A recent survey by Gartner of CIOs found that only 25 percent of respondents were seriously invested in the cloud. Something tells me, they might have asked the wrong people. http://bit.ly/1dFcNv2

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Forget B2B: Business buyers want the consumer treatment

Anyone who sells to consumers knows that it's a different game these days. Consumers talk to one another. They don't like to be preached to or interrupted and they make more informed purchasing decisions, often bypassing sales altogether, but the same dynamic is in play for business buyers too. And B2B vendors better  be paying attention. http://bit.ly/1c6Tqy5

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Stop listening to your users

It would seem that the best way to learn from your users about their needs would be to simply ask them, but experts suggest that people might have a hard time articulating what they need --or not even understand it. That's why it's better to watch them work, then build apps that improve that process. http://bit.ly/1cf6YW2

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Painting a picture of the possible: Avenade helps companies transform at their own pace

When companies think about transforming the way they do business to take advantage of mobile, social and the cloud; it can be an intimidating process, but Avanade has developed a methodology to help customers get to where they need to go slowly, helping them to create new tools that change the way they do business and interact with their customers.   http://bit.ly/17INgVM

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Fighting the people problem: When employees resist change

When you think of consumerization, you probably think it's employee-driven, but that isn't always the case. Sometimes it's driven by a forward thinking CIO --and when you start to change the way you do business, people are often threatened even when the change is clearly for the better. That's why you need to find ways to manage the people problem.  http://bit.ly/1bauHsh

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Why I'm returning Glass

I made the decision this week to return my Google Glass because I simply wasn't dazzled, even though I very much wanted to be, was even predisposed to be.  Here's an explanation of my decision.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evoluton.

With the App Store, Apple changed everything

H ard to believe, but five years ago today Apple launched the App Store, and with it changed the face of IT as we knew it, ushering in the BYOD and consumerization trends and altering user expectations forever.

Read my full commentary on CITEworld.

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Motivated workers blow past IT roadblocks

You can throw up all the roadblocks you want, but users have the means to blow right past them and you're better off putting your energy into finding great sanctioned tools people want to use instead.

Read my full post on CITEworld.

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