I’ve been up to my eyebrows in business simulation preparations for my last MBA subject (woohoo!) and it got me thinking about ROA and current trends in IT. The simulations have been about manufacturing companies (cars, now sensors) where ROA is an important measure of company performance. I’d argue it… Read More
So last week I went to the Melbourne VMware User’s Group annual user conference. I was invited to speak by Craig Waters, who is the local Melbourne VMUG leader. O. M. G. I’ve been to a few international vendor conferences; Cisco Networkers from back in the 2001 days, NetApp’s thing… Read More
I’ve had quite a few conversations about Dell going private since the announcement. Apparently quite a few people read my post about Dell’s strategy and finances, so I figured I should write some sort of update. The last paragraph seems somewhat prescient now, I suppose. By going private, Dell can… Read More
My article went live on iTNews late on Saturday night, and it got picked up by Slashdot yesterday. As we saw, the predicted results were as good as expected, and got more accurate the higher up the order we went. As promised, here’s a more detailed explanation of how I… Read More
This is the uber-post I promised you, full of anablogger goodness: financials, strategy analysis, graphs, Oh My! Conclusion Starting at the end, hopefully to pique your interest as to how I arrived at my conclusion, here’s my summation of Dell: Dell is only just beginning the turnaround from a doomed,… Read More
I’m back from Dell World, and immediately plunged into work again after half a day to recover from jetlag. I’ve got a massive backlog of writing to get through, and had other paid commitments to attend to first. The blogs are coming, I promise. See also a statement made by… Read More
I’m apparently a project manager this week, coordinating the installation of some gear that I can’t talk about. I have plenty to say on the topic of project management, but this isn’t that kind of post. This post is about statistics and contingent probability. In fact, it’s about cumulative probability… Read More
I have a theory about IT people, related to Not Invented Here syndrome. It’s Thrill Of Discovery syndrome, or TODS. TODS is a product of ignorance. Unlike Not Invented Here, where solutions from elsewhere are actively rejected simply by virtue of being Not Invented Here, TODS occurs because people remain… Read More
I’m procrastinating finishing an MBA assignment, so here’s how to get your shiny new Telstra 4G dongle working under Linux. I use Ubuntu, but these instructions should help you on other Linux variants as well. This process worked for Ubuntu 11.04, but I haven’t tested anything else. Let us know… Read More
20 years ago, a UNIX style operating system that ran on x86 hardware was released into the world. Since that time, Linux has grown from a hobby project into an incredibly common operating system that underpins many of the systems you use every day. Not bad for free software. I… Read More
