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Know When to Stop
My recent post on sticking to your core competencies reminds me of the related maxim of knowing when to stop trying to fix a fundamentally flawed endeavor. At what point do you recognize that you need to stop throwing money at a problem and change the strategy? A Cautionary Tale A company sold widgets. They…
The Promise of the Cloud: A Cautionary Tale of Cloud Computing
The promise of cloud hosting, of infrastructure as a service (IAAS) and platform as a service (PAAS), is a fantasyland of carefree IT. You’re free to concentrate on your business, gumdrops, and unicorns, while you let the cloud host take care of all those complicated servers and OS patches and network devices. Be careful what…
Stick to What You Know
In life, as individuals, personal growth requires us to leave our comfort zones to try new things. For instance, I’ve begun to play tennis. I’m terrible at it, but I enjoy the feeling of accomplishment from (slowly) improving at it. Beyond sore knees and wounded pride, there’s really no downside or risk. In technology business,…