Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Cloud computing is "shorthand for centralized computing services that are delivered over the Internet (a.k.a. the 'cloud')....

There are no CIOs in space. At least not yet. Someday, as we colonize space, there will be. And information technology will be more importan...

Recently, I was interviewed on the subject of Security Architecture and was given permission to share the Q&A: In general, what kinds of...

When companies get cozy, the marketplace gets innovative and from out of nowhere...a disruptive technology upends things. We've seen th...

It’s easy to get into a rut and just follow the status quo that we’re used to. People do it all the time. It’s doing what we know. It’s co...

Being a CIO is not just about information technology—IT is a service. The real job of a CIO is truly understanding the IT needs of their cu...

Just something I am thinking about... Per Wall Street Journal, 14-15 February 2008, Stimulus Plan = 1,073 pages . Imagine this...alternative...

Had interview today with Federal News Radio on the role of the Chief Technology Officer. Here are some key points: 1. The CTO is a subject ...

Let’s fantasize for a moment about what it must be like to be an enterprise architect/change agent. Here we go. Our stereotypical organi...

Every day as leaders, we are called upon to make decisions—some more important than others—but all having impacts on the organization and it...

Vision is often the telltale demarcation between a leader and a manager. A manager knows how to climb a ladder, but a leader knows where the...

With modern technology and the Internet, there is more information out there than ever before in human history. Some argue there is too much...

Given that 9/11 represented an attack on geographically concentrated seats of U.S. financial and government power, is it a good enterprise...

Even though there hasn’t been a successful terrorist attack against the United States since 9/11, we are all aware that terrorists continue ...

In a free society like America, we are generally all strong believers in our rights and freedoms—like those often cited from the Bill of Rig...

With the largest Ponzi scheme in history ($50 billion!!) still unfolding, and savvy investors caught off guard, everyone is asking how can t...

Human beings have many needs and these have been well documented by prominent psychologists like Abraham Maslow. At the most basic level, ...

Information technology is not just about data centers, desktops, and handheld devices anymore. These days, technology is everywhere—embedded...

Recently, there was an article in Nextgov ( http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2008/12/the_industry_advisory_council.php ) about the Industry Ad...