http://www.infoworld.com/columnists/archive/index.html Lead With Knowledge, from InfoWorld.com en-us Copyright (C) 2005 InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:26:45 PST http://backend.userland.com/rss Kathy_Badertscher@InfoWorld.com webmaster@InfoWorld.com 40 http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.info.rss/logo;pos=rssfeed_infologo;sz=214x54;ord=? http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/idg.us.info.rss/logo;pos=rssfeed_infologo;sz=214x54;ord=? http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/09/02OPeditor_1.html If you’ve arrived at this page seeking your weekly Kevin McKean fix, don’t be alarmed. Kevin hasn’t abandoned you; instead he’s graciously decided to share his Editor’s Letter duties -- a tag-team arrangement that will land both of us in this space every other week. Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:00:00 PST steve_fox@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Steve Fox)http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/09/02OPeditor_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/31/01OPeditor_1.html Anyone who thinks that IT innovation has stalled must be sleeping. As our annual roundup of the best IT products shows, the competition just keeps getting better. Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:00:00 PST kevin_mckean@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Kevin McKean)http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/31/01OPeditor_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/19/50OPeditor_1.html This issue marks two important firsts for InfoWorld, only one of which actually appears in the pages of our magazine. Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:00:00 PST kevin_mckean@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Kevin McKean)http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/19/50OPeditor_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/12/49OPeditor_1.html If the shiny-domed gent in the print edition of this column looks vaguely familiar, he should. He’s InfoWorld’s CTO, columnist, and blogger Chad Dickerson as he might appear a quarter century from now. Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:00:00 PST kevin_mckean@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Kevin McKean)http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/12/49OPeditor_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/05/48OPeditor_1.html Ever since Internet protocol VPNs became widespread in the mid-’90s, they’ve been the tool of choice for giving remote users access to protected systems over the public network. VPNs based on the IPSec standard safeguard everything from semipermanent branch-office connections to the road warrior checking e-mail. Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:00:00 PST kevin_mckean@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Kevin McKean)http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/12/05/48OPeditor_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/26/47OPeditor_1.html Newsweek is the latest publication to climb on the bandwagon of the “IT is dead” movement. This flap started back in May, when the Harvard Business Review published an article titled “IT Doesn’t Matter.” The thrust of the argument is that the big advances of information technology are behind us as Chad Dickerson said in his June 2 column "Fuhgeddabout IT". High-end gear such as servers, storage, and routers have become commodities. There is little further to be gained from IT innovation. Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:00:00 PST kevin_mckean@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Kevin McKean)http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/26/47OPeditor_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/21/46OPeditor_1.html Within the past two weeks, several military experts — including no less an authority than Gen. John P. Abizaid, the senior U.S. commander in the Middle East — have described the U.S. military’s core challenge in Iraq as essentially one of information. There are probably 5,000 or fewer armed guerrillas who oppose some 155,000 coalition troops, Gen. Abizaid said. The problem is getting information about whom and where those guerrillas are. Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:00:00 PST kevin_mckean@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Kevin McKean)http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/21/46OPeditor_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/14/45OPeditor_1.html The ASP is one of those dot-com era fads that turned out to be more enduring than its description suggests. Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:00:00 PST kevin_mckean@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Kevin McKean)http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/14/45OPeditor_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/07/44OPeditor_1.html With the third installment of The Matrix just out, I’ve been reading a slender but extraordinarily dense book called The Society of the Spectacle , which is sometimes mentioned in connection with these films. Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:00:00 PST kevin_mckean@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Kevin McKean)http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/07/44OPeditor_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/31/43OPeditor_1.html It would be hard to find a more critical function than CRM. Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:00:00 PST kevin_mckean@infoworld.com;letters@infoworld.com (Kevin McKean)http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/31/43OPeditor_1.html