What usually happens is that students preparing for the PMP exam try to go through too many PMP Exam Prep books or on-line courses thinking that they will be able to absorb everything that they watch and read. That is far from the truth. Too many books will in fact confuse you. Usually, one goodRead… Read more »
NSF’s guidance on Cloud Computing will inform research dollars in the near future The National Science Foundation released their report on cloud computing. It can be found here. The intent of this report is to provide information that guides funding programs. The NSF used NIST’s guidance on cloud computing to inform their research and decisionRead… Read more »
Have you been following the latest tech news? Cloud has been the buzzword for sometime and now we are hearing about “This as a Service” and “That as a Service”. Services are great; it is why IT is here –to serve and protect. Before we start going into cloud services, what about the nuts andRead… Read more »
Yesterday’s Loudoun Economic Development Commission meeting was full of interesting items relating to the business of promoting, revitalizing and expanding Loudoun County’s economic base – including recent “Beta” launch of the New Department of Economic Development Brand and Website (try it out, provide feedback!), plus an announcement by the Chamber of their new “Rail toRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kate Tussey reports. As Deltek combs through this year’s budget documents, it would be hard not to write an analysis on one of the biggest budget line items for every state: health care costs centered around Medicaid spending. Health care reform is one of the hottest topics of recent years, and will continueRead… Read more »
Despite wearing the extra layers of clothing and the dread of getting out of our cozy beds during the month of February there is a little light at the end of the tunnel. Not only do we get a chance to find out if Punxsutawney Phil ever sees his shadow in hopes of an earlyRead… Read more »
My friend Peter Thorp has a way of sensing great technologies and then helping teach others of the relevance of those to enterprise missions. He did that with amazing firms like Netscape and Opsware and has been key in teaching many of us about dozens of other incredible capabilities. For the last year he hasRead… Read more »
The Taos Institute invites you to attend its 2012 conference, “Exploring Relational Practices in Peacebuilding, Mediation and Conflict Transformation: From the Intimate to the International – a Taos Institute Conference.” The conference will take place in San Diego, California at the Bahia Resort and Conference Center, Mission Bay, November 14-18, 2012. Practitioners, academics and communityRead… Read more »
The City of Philadelphia wants to hire an efficiency expert. The Nutter administration issued a request for proposals soliciting qualified firms to submit credentials to become an “Overhead Cost and Revenue Collection Consultant” to deal with multiple city agencies. Philly.com News reports: “On the cost side, the city is looking for an outside analysis ofRead… Read more »
I’ve never heard a contract specialist say, “FARSite Clause Logic is awesome”. But they should be saying that. It has the potential to save a hundred of hour per year for each contract specialist (of which there are tens of thousands). Unfortunately, I don’t know anybody that uses it. I know I don’t use it.Read… Read more »