This entry is part 9 of 17 in the series Conscious Business Ethics As was recently mentioned, money is amoral. It is only one of a number of tools we have when building a successful organization or enterprise—not the only one. The problem occurs when we start to confuse the tool (the means) with the goals […]
HPC Evolved
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series SC13In 1966 with little fanfare, Douglas F. Parkhill published a book outlining “[a]lmost all of the modern-day characteristics of cloud computing (elastic provision, provided as a utility, online, illusion of infinite supply)”.1 This book, The Challenge of the Computer Utility, published nearly a half-century ago, […]
Tools of the Trade
Walk into any hardware store and ask to buy a hammer. You’ll be taken to a wall filled with hammers of every size, shape and weight. Some will have waffle heads, others are rounded. Some will have a claw, while others appear to have a hatchet sticking out the back. They will be made of […]
