Consultant's View Articles
Consultant's View, 2006
Jan 2006
Virtue #3. ORDER:
When most of us read the maxim for Benjamin Franklin's 3rd virtue, we think about keeping things organized and planned.
Yet, that may not be the real order needed today.
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ISO 9000
ISO 9000 is often over sold to top management.
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Mar 2006
FASTER PAY
Card companies are now shipping their new RFID cards.
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The Treasury Department recently issued a warning about people using prepaid phone cards to launder money.
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Apr 2006
Agile Development
While many organizations look to ISO 9000 compliance,
others search for a means to define the free-wheeling ways of most developers.
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Expert's Forecast
But the latest research shows that the "experts" are no more likely to be accurate than anyone else.
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May 2006
Bubbles Booms Bursts and Busts!
One thing to note: a "bust" seems to take about as long as its related "boom."
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July 2006
IP Terminals
A lot of media attention is being paid to IP terminals, but if you want to offer an IP based service there is more to the story.
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Sept 2006
IP Terminals on the Cheap
There are ways to get an IP capable terminal other than purchasing a high end system
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The IP hook
But what is the real market for IP terminals? They cost as much or more than a PC, so why do they exist? What's the hook?
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Oct 2006
What Else?
More and more credit and debit transactions are moving away from the stand alone terminal.
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Cheap and Simple
In Strategy and Business, there was an article on a bunch of small companies in India
that are trying to change the way projects are handled.
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Nov 2006
Serving Virtual Terminals
Virtual Terminals have a lot of different technologies behind them, but don't choose a server based on "the best technology".
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Breaking the web
They don't try to bring your server down;
rather, they borrow your software or harvest your customers' information– it's much more profitable.
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