http://saas.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Commentary Copyright 2008 CLOUD COMPUTING JOURNAL Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:30:00 GMT CLOUD COMPUTING JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://saas.sys-con.com/read/608838.htmhttp://saas.sys-con.com/read/608838.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:45:00 GMT Information Technology is fantastic, absolutely essential, and largely responsible for this country's increase in productivity over the past decade or so. It's also broken. IT is overly complex, difficult to implement correctly, and expensive to maintain over its short lifespan. http://saas.sys-con.com/read/325132.htmhttp://saas.sys-con.com/read/325132.htm Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:00:00 GMT When building the right project team to complete a custom solution there are many forces at work. These include business drivers, technical drivers, and organizational and political motivations. Regardless of the business or organization there are three basic rules to follow in building a team to deliver a technical solution. The first is to involve the business before the team is even assembled. Each organization has certain technology standards that govern specific tools and products that can be used on a given project.