Twittering Twit Tweets Today

It has taken awhile but Maxsys, and in particular I, have just succumbed to Twitter. (Is that too many commas?) In fact I have just implemented a plug-in for the Maxsys website that sends blog items to Twitter so that any followers (yes that is what they are called!)...

ITCP Certification gets a thumbs up

ITCP, or Information Technology Certified Professional, is the new internationally-aligned certification programme for ICT professionals, independently governed and operated by NZCS, the professional body of ICT professionals. The New Zealand Computer Society Inc...

IT Governance Skills on Boards Revisited

I have been delighted in the response to the article published in the NZ Institute of Directors Journal on IT Governance Skills on Boards (this article is also available here). This has obviously struck a chord with a number of board members and others who work within...

Recessionary IT

Despite the recession, there is plenty of evidence world wide that IT skills are still in short supply.  In these recessionary times, some shortsighted organisations are letting extremely skilled and hard to replace IT staff go without I suspect an assessment of...