About a year ago, I wrote a post detailing what hardware and software I use on a daily basis, a la The Setup’s format. I know I never tire of knowing what fellow geeks are using to be productive. Perhaps you’re the same. If so, you’re in luck. Here’s my updated setup. My big takeaway,
Read More...One of the toughest things about running a business in a complicated industry like healthcare is managing all the stuff. The physical operating assets of any organization — facilities, equipment, machinery, technical infrastructure — are the heart and soul of a well-run and functioning business. Healthcare has stuff in spades. Facilities managers and the maintenance
Read More...Links, you say? Like what the Internet is made of? You’re doing the link thing again? I SMELL A SHARK JUMPING. No, you don’t. Chill out. I’m the easily excitable one here, not you. You see, I am a professional web nerd. That means that while you are putting slides together for your big PPT
Read More...Many years ago I graduated from Michigan State University (in my slightly biased opinion one of the greatest institutions in the country). As a student I was fortunate enough to land the right job that afforded me to forge some great relationships within the campus. Over two summers I worked security in the dorm rooms
Read More...Have you heard of PeopleSoft Program Management? If not, you’re not alone. Program Management is one of the lesser known applications within the PeopleSoft footprint. However, when utilized in conjunction with PeopleSoft Project Costing, Program Management can provide organizations a tremendous amount of value by consolidating project information into one neat repository. Having all of
Read More...Stop me if you heard something similar before. Ready? Kentucky limits on debt issuance have hindered high-priority university construction/renovation projects. Detailing this is a great piece over at Inside Higher Ed, by Kevin Kiley. To wit: Even though the university would fund its new debt through non-state revenues, lawmakers in the Kentucky state legislature, which
Read More...Speaking from years of experience, I can definitively tell you that the most successful implementations are those that have done thorough training for project team members and end users. As many of our clients know, the time, resources and costs associated with training development and execution can be quite significant. One of the best tools
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Read More...Good article from Mike Schmidt over at Manufacturing Business Technology about how a lack of proactive, intelligent asset management is a true risk to the organization: If you’re not managing assets properly, you don’t know what the cost of those assets are and (what the cost is) to repair those assets,” he says. “That creates a
Read More...Big data seems to be the hot topic of conversation lately as it pertains to business intelligence. We get asked often about what organizations should be aware of as they explore this avenue. The obvious perils of big data include performance concerns, such as the ability to process and analyze data quickly and efficiently enough
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