The Real Problem with Healthcare.gov

The biggest story in IT this year is without a doubt, the rollout issues surrounding Healthcare.gov - a.k.a Obamacare. The story is both bizarre and quite familiar at the same time and does represent perhaps the first time that national politics has been so laser-focused on an IT project. Many people who have been introduced into the world of IT through this might think that the saga of Healthcare.gov is unique or somehow unusual - well, it is isn't....

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3 Common Cloud Challenges

Like all new technology trends, Cloud Computing brings with it both opportunities and challenges. Unfortunately, the current hype cycle across the IT industry hasn't done the best job of defining either very well (at least not yet). Most of the information out there tends to portray the Cloud as a the ultimate (latest) silver bullet technology. So, is it?  From my perspective - it could only be viewed as a a conditional, evolutionary improvement...

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Revisiting Agile Business Intelligence

The other day the TDWI (the Data Warehouse Institute) sent me a brochure highlighting Agile BI workshops and seminars. Here's how they define it: "Agile business intelligence addresses a broad need to enable flexibility by accelerating the time it takes to deliver value with BI projects. It can include technology deployment options such as self-service BI, cloud-based BI, and data discovery dashboards that allow users to begin working with...

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