Government as an Enterprise Cloud Provider
Creating an efficient, cost-effective on premises infrastructure with public-to-public partnerships...
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The path to Business Process Improvement
A recent trend in business culture has me on guard. Reader, beware of the misconceived notion that the technical, proficient Chief Information Officer is an insufficient communicator in the boardroom...
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Disaster Recovery - Insider Confessions
Over the past 20-plus years, one thing every executive has in common is the desire to share their biggest IT nightmares and deepest secrets during an evening dinner conversation. I have heard tales of tapes being backed up religiously, only to find that, when needed, all the backup tapes were blank. Even when data was backed up correctly, one person I spoke with had never tested...
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Business Continuity and Data Availability
As with most companies, the State of Nebraska has a copy of our data backed up nightly at an offsite location. Routine data backups can be used in a disaster recovery situation, but will they actually cover an organization’s needs during a catastrophic event? Likely not. Data backup and disaster recovery are not the same...
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Agile and Waterfall, both have their place in your development toolkit
After my first 15 years in e-commerce managing the IT Infrastructure and Operations I decided I wanted to gain more experience. So I took…
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Focus on the Fundamentals, then the Shiny Objects
Technology leaders have too many choices these days. They have so many options that they can get distracted from the most...
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The Transformation of Business Processes and Tools
The phrase I hear most often in meetings with my public sector peers: “We need to modernize our application”. As a recovering Industrial Engineer and Six Sigma Black Belt I hear, “my process is broken”. And, what my peers usually mean is, they want to replace their application. I have a very standard reply in these situations…
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An Essay About Digital Inclusion and Equity of Access (pg 20)
K–12 education and postsecondary education resources are becoming increasingly digital and more and more web-based. Learning management systems, student information systems, and content management systems all require students, parents, teachers, and administrators to have constant…
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July/August Issue of the Nebraska Broadband Newsletter (pdf)
Centralized vs Decentralized IT - Is there a Middle Ground?
State CIO’s are obligated to provide IT services in a cost effective manner. This was made clear to me...
Video: We Are Nebraska Technology
Find out how the OCIO is providing enterprise services to the State of Nebraska.