Laurie M. Orlov's blog

Who Do Mid-Market IT Execs Listen To?

Laurie M. Orlov — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:27:05 -0400

Everybody wants to sell something to the mid-market IT execs.

5 Requests to Make to Your CEO Now

Laurie M. Orlov — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:53:28 -0400

The sky of IT certainly seems to be falling,

Enterprise architecture -- one page simple?

Laurie M. Orlov — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:45:43 -0400

It can't be a coincidence that two consulting partners I interviewed recently were both sharply critical of the last few years of IT efforts at 'alignment'.

Apples and Oranges -- Government IT job tracking and the today's job categories

Laurie M. Orlov — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:25:28 -0400

So here is a dilemma: are IT jobs plummeting (maybe just the ones the Bureau of labor Statistics classifies), or are they hot, or are managers still doing plenty of hiring somewhere in between?

CEOs Shape IT Archetype

Laurie M. Orlov — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:10:11 -0400

CIOs being fired -- this always gets my attention (along with the ever-compelling "Five Things You

Prepare Three Envelopes -- Joke or CIO Standard Practice?

Laurie M. Orlov — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:03:37 -0400

Maybe you remember the business joke -- a new executive is presented with 3 numbered envelop

Sleeping executives make IT projects fail

Laurie M. Orlov — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:54:41 -0400

Consider this. Big projects (a year or more) are unhealthy for CIOs.

IT spending GROWTH slows from 7 to 5 percent...shouldn't it be flat?

Laurie M. Orlov — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:47:08 -0400

So Goldman Sachs says IT spending growth will slow from 7 percent to 5 percent.

Split the CIO role into two

Laurie M. Orlov — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:18:28 -0400

Walter Mossberg (Wall Street Journal) thinks IT organizations are

Why should CIOs try to keep up with new technology?

Laurie M. Orlov — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:25:16 -0400

You'd think that all that CIOs did all day was comparison shop for new tech products.