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By: Wake up: your technology adviser sucks | WhiteSandsDigital.com

Wake up: your technology adviser sucks | WhiteSandsDigital.com — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:52:09 +0000

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By: A Common Thread? « A Dime a Dozen Small Business, Tech and Talk

A Common Thread? « A Dime a Dozen Small Business, Tech and Talk — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:26:45 +0000

[...] Jared Goralnick has an excellent blog post called Wake up: your technology adviser sucks quotes; The influencers who spread outdated, expensive, and erroneous information should get a clue [...]

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:17:37 +0000

Thanks, Jake. And I’ve been really enjoying your coverage on “good journalism” lately on your site!

And thank you, Elliot, I’ve checked out your site and you do have some great resources for small-medium businesses with regard to choosing software and making IT decisions. I really appreciate your stopping by!

By: Elliot Ross

Elliot Ross — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:40:54 +0000

Agreed !

100% and more!

As a tech manager I have seen it too often. I even chose the the theme of my own blog to puncture some holes in IT for non-IT Business Managers in the Small / Medium Enterprise space.

It is not just a question of being “worthwhile” – but investment in technology must be identified after the people, then the processes. At that point technology can be added to the equation

By: Jake Brewer

Jake Brewer — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:51:53 +0000

Very true, Jared. Great call.

I find that all too often an organization makes a technology decision based on the recommendation of an individual who has an especially significant amount of influence – be it a consultant or internal IT staff. In some cases this works out great for the organization, but in far too many that one person’s or small team’s voice drowns what would otherwise be much more practical and appropriate decisions for the situation the organization is in.

Thanks for calling these folks out!