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Business Strategy and IT Strategy to Reproduce Apple Innovation

I recently read a Fortune Magazine article extolling the virtues, or more the impact, of Apple's Steve Jobs on business.  Certainly under Steve Jobs’ guidance Apple has come to represent the best of business innovation for several reasons:  Jobs built Apple as an innovative company After he left Apple the company nearly collapsed He returned and turned the company around from the brink of collapse Jobs at Apple, through his innovative guidance, has transformed three primary...

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Bill Wood started this site a few years ago after dealing with business, technology, and consulting for over 20 years.  Having participated on SAP ERP projects since 1994 and seeing many projects done well, and some done poorly, the idea was formed to create a truly customer / client - centered, and customer / client - focused information resource on how businesses can significantly increase their return on investment and satisfaction with technology projects. There are just too many consulta...

Corporate and Personal Liability for Fake Consultants

Too many companies have not considered the potential legal liability to shareholders or other company stakeholders for having "fake" consultants at involved in their company IT projects.  This can be applied personally or coporately for the fake IT "professionals" that vendors and placement firms bring to company projects.  By not conducting sufficient due diligence in screening vendor resources, or for inconsistent labor practices there is a much larger potential for liability than many rea...