November 27, 2011 8:09 PM
Posted by: James Murray
business transition,
Commercial loan,
IT Consulting,
Modern Network Architecture,
network architectsI like working with business transition experts. The last 18 years my goal has been to be involved in interesting work. Business transition experts work with clients that have the most interesting and satisfying work.
November 19, 2011 6:08 PM
Posted by: James Murray
IT Consulting,
Modern Network Architecture,
PCI,
PCI Governance,
PCI Security StandardsA friend of mine who is an attorney was showing me his website. His blog was all about credit card fraud. I wrote a quick article for him about PCI Governance.
November 19, 2011 6:03 PM
Posted by: James Murray
information security,
Modern Network Architecture,
Network ArchitectureThere seems to be a boring side to Information security and an almost sexy side to data security. Don't forget to change your password, backup your data, disaster recovery is the boring side. Ok these are interesting subjects, but talk to a client about countering international gangs of hackers...
November 13, 2011 1:34 PM
Posted by: James Murray
Add new tag,
Modern Network Architecture,
Newspapers,
seattle IT consulting,
Single Silo Technologies,
Unified Communication,
Unified Communication and NewspapersWith information distribution changing so quickly we shouldn't forget how only 30 years ago phone-books, newspapers and magazines were the ways information was almost exclusively distributed. The information that was distributed then is almost the same as the information distributed today. We...
November 5, 2011 3:41 PM
Posted by: James Murray
It Projects,
Mondern Network Architecture,
Project Planning,
seattle IT consultingPlanning
If you've worked in the IT world for any length of time you've implemented technology. If you've implemented technology you probably know what it's like when things go wrong. Two or three hours on a weekend can turn into 48 hours of sheer terror. To avoid the terror, planning is...
November 5, 2011 3:40 PM
Posted by: James Murray
Business Strategy,
IT Consulting,
Modern Network Architecture,
strategic Planning,
strategy,
tacticesOk so the first thing to understand about strategy is that strategy is not the same thing as tactics. Technology is very tactical within the business organization. Because this is not always understood by the management teams in the organization, often it's often hard for technical people to...
