Bart Perkins
Contributing Columnist
Bart Perkins is managing partner at Louisville, Ky.-based Leverage Partners Inc., which helps organizations invest well in IT.
Online advertising has a dark side, but IT can shed some light
There are many ways that online numbers can be inflated that have nothing to do with real people looking at actual ads or content.
How to save your job from the intelligent robots
In the future the most effective IT staff will have empathy as well as technical skills.
Have you aggravated a telemarketer today?
Roger Anderson’s Jolly Roger Telephone Co. offers sweet revenge against all those annoying callers.
Supply chains: Danger ahead!
Among the many things that can complicate the supply chain for multinationals, legislation and regulation can be the hardest to master.
Are we clear? Writing well can be key to your career
Writing is an important communication tool that none of us can ignore.
Get ready for virtual digital assistants in the enterprise
Like smartphones and tablets before them, they’re coming, whether IT wants them or not. Are you prepared?
Fight for your right to repair
Buyers should have the right to repair equipment they purchase.
Out of focus: The multitasking dilemma
Just about everyone is doing it, but no one does it well.
IT can score with reverse mentoring
That senior executive who has his emails printed out represents a golden opportunity for IT.
Nothing is ever completely outsourced
Every outsourced project needs an internal team to keep it on track.
Get your vendor’s A team
Promises made about service delivery can slip away when you find that you’ve been assigned to a B team.
IT funding potholes
Don’t keep making the same mistakes year after year. (Insider; registration required)
The best of jobs, the worst of jobs
The CIO at a mid-tier organization faces a unique set of challenges.
How to get a better outsourcing deal
The trick is to recognize how IT outsourcers reduce costs and then find ways to share in those savings.
Lessons to be learned from a project nightmare
Things have gone horribly wrong with the Department of Labor’s Oracle implementation. Don’t let the same things happen to you.
6 ways to cope with a resistant sponsor
An executive sponsor who is out to undermine a project can be very dangerous.
Outsourcing contracts: Foundations for success
Your organization shouldn’t enter the process acting like a first-time buyer. (Insider; registration required)
Getting your board’s buy-in on cybersecurity
You don’t want your first discussion about cybersecurity with your company’s board to happen post-breach.
