Mike O’Dell

In today’s business landscape, the importance of having a solid enterprise architecture cannot be underestimated. Enterprise architecture (EA) provides a framework for how an organization’s IT systems, i.e. the people, process and technology, should work together to achieve the company’s business goals. A well-designed EA can help an organization avoid…

Many factors contribute to high SAP consulting rates. For one, the market for SAP consultants is quite competitive. There are a limited number of individuals with the skills and experience necessary to effectively implement and manage an SAP system. As a result, demand for their services is high, and companies…

Technology negotiations are different from other business deals and this has not changed much in spite of the increased digital literacy of our business colleagues.  As Lawrence Susskind wrote in a 2006 Harvard Business Review article, four problems routinely crop up in digital technology negotiations that are not as likely…

We enjoyed reading about Woodgrain’s continued success with the Transportation Management solution we helped them implement and how that solution is helping them manage their current growth spurt! SAP News Article – Woodgrain Millwork: Delivering the Poetry of Architecture by the Truckload You can watch videos about their use of…

In the last few weeks, I’ve seen several articles about the challenges with and for CIOs: How CIOs are the obstacle to the missions of business executives; how CIOs and CMOs need to learn to work together; and even articles asking ‘Whose business is IT?’.  Examples include these posts by Michael Krigsman: “CIO…