IT Management: It's Organic, Not Digital
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published November 4, 2009
Effective tech management isn’t about machines, it’s about changing stupid processes and deranged corporate cultures.

IT Career Crisis Management: Five Lucrative Areas
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published September 1, 2009
Five specialties within IT that are likely to remain in demand in the years ahead.

How Companies Use Crowdsourcing
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published July 6, 2009
Crowdsourcing is project-driven outsourcing that makes a lot of sense in these tough economic times.

Stop the Drivel: The 'Really Perfect' Tech Exec
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published June 8, 2009
Forget the fawning coverage, the truly perfect IT exec masters office politics better than tech.

Where IT is Going (Thin is In)
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published May 4, 2009
We’ll move into the cloud, reorganize ourselves, and finally use thin clients. It’s time to stop talking.

Operational and Strategic Tech: "I Want a Divorce"
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published April 1, 2009
Operational and strategic technologists are about as different as Obama is from Bush. I cannot for the life of me understand why they didn’t divorce ten years ago.

IT Housecleaning: A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published March 3, 2009
Now’s your chance to fix some things you’ve been thinking about for years. Get to it before they put out the fire.

Having IT Both Ways, You Bastards
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published February 3, 2009
Tech professionals are now expected to both cut costs and increase revenue. Here’s how to cope with the schizophrenia.

Tech Execs: Can We Stop the Stupidity?
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published January 6, 2009
Stupidity among tech executives is viral – and should be nipped in the bud. If line managers don’t kill stupidity, it will keep growing.

Managing IT: Changing Our Minds (About Everything)
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published December 1, 2008
As a raft of new technologies emerge, fresh approaches to IT management are more important than ever.

What's Wrong with IT?
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published June 2, 2008
Clueless management, staffers with unrealistic expectations, dinosaur-like vendors: A top IT consultant vents on an industry badly in need of a wake-up call.

IT Budgets: Vitamin Pills Versus Pain Killers
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published March 31, 2008
While cost management projects are always appealing, when times are tough companies should invest in projects that will eventually make them money.

How the Recession Effects IT Spending
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published March 10, 2008
"Save money or make money" is the argument, nothing more, nothing less.

The Candidates' Plans for Information Technology
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published February 7, 2008
McCain proposes tax credits, Clinton sees increased research budgets, and Obama would appoint the first U.S. CTO.

Consolidation for Sale: the Tech Industry by 2020
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published January 7, 2008
The future of IT is visible in the flurry of mergers and acquisitions now taking place. Here’s an outline of where it’s headed.

It's the Data, Stupid
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published December 4, 2007
A hypothetical session with a hypothetical therapist helps an IT consultant finally understand what accessible data is all about.

Consultants in the Hen House
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published November 12, 2007
Many of us who hire well-known consulting firms have more tales of woe than glee. Isn't it time we groomed internal consultants?

Grading Tech Industry Cultures
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published October 2, 2007
An industry observer looks at sectors ranging from finance to retail to healthcare, grading them based on their attitude toward technology.

Educating Non-Tech Execs about Tech (In 5 Hours or Less)
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published September 4, 2007
If you had just a short period to educate management about the competitive benefits of technology, how would you do it?

Ten Things the IT Department Should Tell Management
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published August 2, 2007
Some things that few are brave enough to say – but that executives need to hear.

10 'New Rules' for IT
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published July 5, 2007
They're not all so nice -- but they're necessary to compete successfully.

Tech Companies: Inventor, Innovator, or Neither?
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published June 4, 2007
Understanding an IT company requires knowing whether it’s an innovator or an inventor – or neither.

Why Are So Many IT Managers So Bad?
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published May 1, 2007
The author marvels at what he sees as a remarkable lack of skill among many tech executives.

Guerilla Tech Budgeting: Finding More Money
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published April 9, 2007
Tight budgets are perennial, but there are some real world steps you can take to squeeze more dollars for your tech department.

Web 2.0, Sea Changes and the Enterprise
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published March 7, 2007
Wikis, blogs, podcasts, RSS filters, mash-ups, crowdsourcing, and SOA: is it all just hype, or – gulp – is Web 3.0 almost here?

Where Will Software Come From?
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published February 5, 2007
The coming changes in the software industry will “confuse the hell out of everyone,” argues an industry observer.

New Year’s Fears: Things to Worry About
By Steve Andriole | IT/Biz Alignment Article Published January 9, 2007
There’s plenty to feel gloomy about as the new year begins: denial about SaaS, offshore outsourcing, bad business models…