Author Archives: Vadim

About Vadim

I'd like to have something really impressive to say here, but it's just not in the cards. Maybe later.

“Salesforce is just for selling stuff”

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Vadim

It was about 10 months ago that I first contemplated the idea of adapting Salesforce as our application development platform.  At the time, my decision was based on what I knew about Salesforce from a few encounters I had with … Continue reading →

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Preparing for different types of innovation

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Vadim

Yesterday, while attending a webinar, I heard something mentioned that struck a note with me. The speaker said that it is our job, as IT professionals, to support innovation. The statement of course makes sense and is inline with what … Continue reading →

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The Agile Triangle

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Vadim

I have recently been thinking about this whole concept of Agile, and how to best transition from the “old and tired” to the “new and exciting”.   In other words, how to take the best of what agile has to offer … Continue reading →

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Evolutionary path of enterprise IT

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Vadim

I’ve been giving much thought lately to the question of what enterprise IT departments should look like. Not in terms of technologies they support, but in terms of their organizational posturing. That is the question most interesting to ponder, and … Continue reading →

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Teaching is like cooking; or why publisher supplied slides could be bad for the former and good for the latter

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Vadim

Few years back, I discovered that I enjoy cooking. It was completely unexpected, and entirely welcomed. I found that standing in front of a stove for a few hours preparing food for my family is a tremendously rewarding experience. As … Continue reading →

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Stopping the cycle of exclusivity

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Vadim

This morning, I received an email letting me know there is one active discussion on the Center for Higher Education Chief Information Office Studies group on LinkedIn.  The discussion was started by Wayne Brown who is the owner of the … Continue reading →

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The Path To Staying Irrelevant

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Vadim

If IT department wants to be viewed as a cost center and stay irrelevant, it should continue to provide commodity services like email, storage, and network connectivity.  It should also complain about how difficult it is to provide these services. … Continue reading →

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On The Need To Reform

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Vadim

“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” — Mark Twain

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Beginning of a Journey

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Vadim

After spending some time becoming acclimated with the new world of MBA program office, I launched a project which I am very excited about.  This project comes straight out of the relatively new discipline of service design (if you don’t know … Continue reading →

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Role Change Update/Blog Restart (again)

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Vadim

I have not posted here for a while and the reason for that is that I assumed a new role at work.  Between that and grad school, there has not been much of a chance to blog, nor was there … Continue reading →

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