Stories by: David Moschella

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Is it business that doesn't get IT? 20 April, 2005 09:58

In a column last year I argued that one of the main reasons so many business people embraced Nicholas Carr's erroneous but provocative Harvard Business Review article, IT Doesn't Matter was that it played to some of their deep-rooted fears and anxieties. Simply put: if IT doesn't matter, that means it's not really worth learning about, a reassuring thought to many IT-phobic business people, both at the staff and executive levels.
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Opinion: Users are taking the lead in IT 03 June, 2004 12:16

Over the past several years, few IT industry developments have been covered by the media as eagerly as Wal-Mart Stores' efforts in RFID and McDonald's and Starbucks' support for Wi-Fi. Much of this interest stems from the simple fact that most people prefer to read and write about things they actually know something about. Most stories about the projects of IT customers are a step or two away from our daily experiences, which makes them feel somewhat less real and compelling.
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Two paths for the future of computing 05 April, 2004 11:58

It was one of those days when you wonder if you're spending too much time on the conference circuit. The topic seemed important enough: the future of software licensing. But while the vendor panelists were all sufficiently rehearsed, it was obvious that they were struggling to find something new to say.
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An optimist's analysis 15 December, 2003 14:58

More than three years after the Internet bubble burst, IT forecasters are still being asked. "Will robust growth in information technology spending ever return and, if so, when?"
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Opinion: Good things during bad times 18 September, 2003 09:00

One of the great ironies of modern business is that while it's only natural for companies to cut back and be cautious during market downturns, these are also the times when the greatest competitive gains are usually made.
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IT mature? Think again 23 June, 2003 10:50

Has the IT industry lost faith in itself? In April, Larry Ellison told The Wall Street Journal that the computer industry “is as large as it’s going to be”. Google’s Eric Schmidt and others are making comparisons to historical market bubbles involving canals and railroads, which were followed by relatively humdrum periods. Perhaps most aggressively, in a controversial Harvard Business Review article, editor at large Nicholas Carr argues that IT doesn’t even matter any more, and that it’s rapidly losing its ability to deliver competitive and strategic advantage.
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Corporate IT can emerge with higher Image 22 October, 2001 10:00

Over the past few years, the public image of the IT industry has deteriorated sharply. Having witnessed the false alarms over Y2k, the burst of the dot-com bubble, the decline of the Nasdaq, the telecom industry bust, the rising numbers of layoffs, frequent software viruses and the less-than-admirable behavior of Microsoft during its antitrust trial, many Americans have come to view our business with a sense of wariness and suspicion. The contrast with the late 1990s is amazing.
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Net May Do for Education What Others Couldn't 28 August, 2000 12:01

In an e-business world seemingly driven by competing forms of hype, this year's single loudest buzz is coming from the e-learning community. From Wall Street fortune-seekers to Ivy
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Internet Opens New Chapter on Business Reading 25 July, 2000 12:01

With the mind-boggling success of the Harry Potter books and the annual rush of "what to read on your summer vacation" articles, the simple act of reading is now very much in the news. This makes now as good a time as any to ponder the following question: Five years into the Internet era, have there been any significant changes in the way we read?
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Strategy is losing in the court of public opinion 05 June, 2000 12:01

Will Microsoft ever make a smart move in its losing antitrust battle? Even with its very existence now clearly at stake, Bill Gates and company are still sticking with the same strategy that has served them so poorly since the trial began: demean your critics, deny any wrongdoing, attempt to rewrite history and warn of calamity if things don't go your way.
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Microsoft Losing in the Court of Public Opinion 23 May, 2000 12:01

Will Microsoft Corp. ever make a smart move in its losing antitrust battle? Even with its very existence now clearly at stake, Bill Gates and company are still sticking with the same strategy that has served them so poorly since the trial began: Demean your critics, deny any wrongdoing, attempt to rewrite history and warn of calamity if things don't go your way. If this mess is ever made into a book or movie, it should be called All the Wrong Moves.