Posts By Brian K Seitz

Information Maturity and I.T. ROI

I spent the beginning of my morning preparing for an ISV Product Assessment Deep Dive and reviewing some old Gartner group reports. I’m an Industry Analyst for two Research firms in my off time. As I scanned the graphs in the Gartner report I noticed an interesting trend from year to year. The amount ofRead… Read more »

Information Management/Taxonomy reading list

Going back through my posts this evening. Found that I didn’t post the Information Management/Taxonomy reading list I had stated I would. Here it is in no particular order: Quality Information and Knowledge, Huang, et al Data Smog, Shenk Everything is Miscellaneous, Weinberger The Accidental Taxonomist, Hedden Information Architecture, Wodtke Organizing Knowledge, Lambe Finding theRead… Read more »

The value of downtime

I’ve had a really exciting weekend. I had a new friend, David Hammond, come over for a brainstorming session. We initially met as part of a new venture we’ve both involved in. Saturday we started discussing how we were going to build a company from scratch. He’s taken on the role of COO for aRead… Read more »

Service Management System (ITIL) using SharePoint

Spent last night working on designing the next components to ITIL solution using SharePoint my team has fielded as a Federal Department. The first module tracked service requests from a catalog of service. These services are higher level than the MOF services than the Microsoft System Center tracks and reports. I had previously passed alongRead… Read more »

Service Management System (ITIL) using SharePoint

Spent last night working on designing the next components to ITIL solution using SharePoint my team has fielded as a Federal Department. The first module tracked service requests from a catalog of service. These services are higher level than the MOF services than the Microsoft System Center tracks and reports. I had previously passed alongRead… Read more »

Search and Navigation: Taxonomy Usage

Started reviewing my notes from deep dives I conducted at SharePoint 2011 conference last week. As I focused on the data I continue to brainstorm about revising the SharePoint ISV Partner Ecosystem Taxonomy. While the current framework matches the SharePoint 2010 Wheel, the categorizations distort the core capabilities of many of the ISVs. The Framework’sRead… Read more »

Steve Jobs remembered

Steve Jobs Feb. 24, 1955 – Oct 6, 2011 Entrepreneur, Reinventor, Stylist, Visionary I was on the exhibition floor of SharePoint 2011 yesterday when someone gave me the news about Jobs’ passing. My first reaction, you have to be kidding. Sure he was ill, but he’d bounced back before. How can he be gone, he’sRead… Read more »

Steve Jobs remembered

Steve Jobs Feb. 24, 1955 – Oct 6, 2011 Entrepreneur, Reinventor, Stylist, Visionary I was on the exhibition floor of SharePoint 2011 yesterday when someone gave me the news about Jobs’ passing. My first reaction, you have to be kidding. Sure he was ill, but he’d bounced back before. How can he be gone, he’sRead… Read more »

Information Management: Taxonomy creation methodology

Made more progress on Taxonomy creation methodology yesterday on several front. Enlisted several peer to collaborate or comment of the core aspects of developing a system to determine taxonomy approach; Richard Harbridge and Ruven Gotz. I was pleased that Richard had picked up my recommendation and read Patrick Lambe’s Organizing Knowledge. It gives use someRead… Read more »