http://www.thommitchell.com Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:21:38 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=804 In 2010 – Blackberry is to Apple as Novell was to Microsoft circa 1994. As hard as it may be to remember back that far,  Microsoft was once an upstart that was derided for not being substantial enough to effectively serve business server and networking needs – suitable only for stand-alone PCs.  Novell was seen [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2010/01/18/is-blackberry-the-new-novell/feed/ 2 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/16/inertia-in-it-changing-hearts-and-minds/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/16/inertia-in-it-changing-hearts-and-minds/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:32:18 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=567 It is ironic that IT departments, whom people would assume would be most comfortable with change, can be in fact some of the most hide-bound corporate employees rigidly bound to traditions and policies that may no longer be relevant to today’s business environment. This can be for several reasons. “If it works, don’t mess with it“. [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/16/inertia-in-it-changing-hearts-and-minds/feed/ 1