Roger Strukhoff

Well, not really, but he does loathe the way a lot of countries view globalization. We just published an interview I did with the economist Dr. Ha-Joon Chang, whose recent books include Bad Samaritans and Kicking Away the Ladder. He spoke at Stanford last year and I was lucky eno... (more)

I did my teenage son a solid a few years ago, riding with him (twice) on an enormous roller coaster that had a vertical drop of something like two million feet. But it wasn’t the drop that did me in, it was the constant whipsawing up and down, back and forth, side to side, as the... (more)

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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This article originally appeared on the NOW Magazine blog. Follow the author at www.twitter.com/strukhoff or www.nowmagazineblog.blogspot.com The global economic crisis focuses IT buyers' minds on efficiency... (more)

The global economic crisis focuses IT buyers' minds on efficiency and immediate financial benefits. Real software in areas such as business intelligence (BI) and complex-event processing (CEP) is in vogue. Abstract thinking is not. Thus comes what might be the final nail in Web 2... (more)

The global economic crisis focuses IT buyers' minds on efficiency and immediate financial benefits. Real software in areas such as business intelligence (BI) and complex-event processing (CEP) is in vogue. Abstract thinking is not. Thus comes what might be the final nail in Web 2... (more)

This article was originally published in NOW Magazine, which retains all rights. Follow the author at www.twitter.com/strukhoff or www.nowmagazineblog.blogspot.com If you’re already on the SOA path, you will no doubt continue. Maybe you’ve incorporated some business process man... (more)

I've developed a minor obsession with complex-event management. CEP software is getting to where it can recognize patterns on the fly that allow enterprise IT to become much more efficient. It's not just there to keep small problems from becoming big problems--although I don't wi... (more)

I've developed a minor obsession with complex-event management. CEP software is getting to where it can recognize patterns on the fly that allow enterprise IT to become much more efficient. It's not just there to keep small problems from becoming big problems--although I don't wi... (more)

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The word “offshoring” and its sibling “outsourcing” can provoke instant, righteous anger among some people, while being touted as a one-size-fits-all panacea by others. The recent decade or so of outsourcing and offshoring—particularly to India within the IT business—has generat... (more)

This article originally appeared in NOW Magazine, which retains all rights. Follow the author at www.twitter.com/strukhoff or www.nowmagazineblog.blogspot.com The harsh reality is that technology executives still tend to think of their platforms, networks, and IT infrastuctures... (more)

This article was authored by Chuck Rogers II, who writes on a variety of topics from his home somewhere in America. The article was originally published in NOW Magazine (www.nowmagnow.com), which retains all rights. How Big Is Your Digital Footprint? The amount of information creat... (more)

I had a nice, clear morning commute today. Cleared my mind a bit. I've been thinking a lot about Twitter and some of the other social networking phenomena. My problem with the term "social networking" is that it's a redundancy. As such, it doesn't say anything. We had social netw... (more)

I had a nice, clear morning commute today. Cleared my mind a bit. I've been thinking a lot about Twitter and some of the other social networking phenomena. My problem with the term "social networking" is that it's a redundancy. As such, it doesn't say anything. We had social netw... (more)

...as I set off on my commute to begin the short week following Presidents' Day. Ack, although I enjoy the three-day week-end, I'll never get used to the euphemstic re-naming of this holiday. It's a difficult semantic problem. With Lincon born on Jan. 12 and Washington on Jan. 22... (more)

...as I set off on my commute to begin the short week following Presidents' Day. Ack, although I enjoy the three-day week-end, I'll never get used to the euphemstic re-naming of this holiday. It's a difficult semantic problem. With Lincon born on Jan. 12 and Washington on Jan. 22... (more)

We've produced a new print issue of NOW Magazine. It won't be online right away, as we prefer to distribute to our readers in about 60 countries, let them get a long look at it, and give us feedback before we start putting it online. We cleverly print extra copies for anyone who wo... (more)

We've produced a new print issue of NOW Magazine. It won't be online right away, as we prefer to distribute to our readers in about 60 countries, let them get a long look at it, and give us feedback before we start putting it online. We cleverly print extra copies for anyone who wo... (more)

Birdbrain that I am, I've been thinking a lot about Twitter over the long week-end. Wrote a few short pieces that made it to a new writer's site called "Ulitzer" (as in Pulitzer, pronunciation be damned, get it?) You can google "soa twitter" or "twitter story 140" to find my pieces... (more)