Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney’s passion for technology started when he was thirteen and the proud owner of a new Commodore 64 – 8 bit CPU, 64k memory, Basic 2.0, and Jumpman! Today, he’s no less excited about business and technology, but with three kids doesn’t get much Wii time. He’s committed to converting to Mac and iPhone … someday. His technology career started as a Data Warehouse developer in 1992. His current interests include the role of technology in business and innovation. He’s been known to proclaim, “For many companies, technology, information, and innovation ARE the business; they just don’t realize it yet.” Stephen serves as the Chief Operating Officer of RSA Corp. Stephen has a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at UVA, where he received several honors and distinctions. He is active in the Houston-area technology community including organizations like the Houston Technology Center and the Rice Alliance for Entrepreneurship; and serves as a Director of the West Ranch Management District in Friendswood, Texas. He is married to an amazing French-Canadian woman, who is far more charming than he. Follow Stephen on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/scsweeneyContact:Email Stephen Sweeney
Viewed holistically, remote monitoring not only serves as an insurance policy for business operations but also creates real business value. Unfortunately, the incremental spend often causes businesses to overlook the tangible returns on investment. Or, doing it yourself seems like the cheaper option. Here are the seven most frequently overlooked areas of business value versus doing it yourself or not at all.
“Tomorrow’s CIO” is the subject of an opinion piece on sandhill.com. The author, Ashwin Rangan of MarketShare Partners, contrasts the characteristics of Tomorrow’s CIO and Yesterday’s CIO. He identifies three key areas of difference…
Some companies might attempt to cut employee costs by using long-term independent contractors without considering the potential ramifications related to the misclassification of an employee. Misclassification has serious implications and penalties from the IRS and will ultimately cost your bottom line. Consider payrolling your contractors through a third-party payroll service to eliminate these risks and ensure compliance.
Companies continually seek new ways to go green with efficiencies, recycling and building improvements. How can IT help make business more eco-friendly? For companies with applications running on multiple servers, virtualization is a great way to maximize computing resources, reduce power consumption and eliminate server room expansion.
The Apple iPhone 3.0 event announced the roadmap for the 3.0 firmware for the iPhone, iPod touch and whatever comes next (maybe a netbook or tablet?) With more than 100 new features, this release is definitely the biggest yet. That’s right; it’s bigger than the 2.0 release, which announced Exchange ActiveSync. more…
Another entry from the why didn’t we think of that before? department is Microsoft’s quiet addition of the “Fix it” button to a handful of Knowledge Base (KB) articles. According to Microsoft, this is the first step in improving Windows Error Reporting, which is the annoying box that pops up either after an application crashes or Windows itself implodes. more…
If you haven’t seen the pictures yet, you’re missing out. Unless you work for the Department of Transportation, they’re really quite humorous. Hackers have taken it upon themselves to warn motorists of zombie attacks. Read how this compares to network security…
Just when you thought Palm was out of the smartphone battle, it comes back firing with a touchscreen salvo, which appears to have its crosshairs directly on Apple’s iPhone. It’s the Palm Pre…The talk of CES 2009, the Pre is poised to bring Palm back towards the front of the pack. It sports a new operating system, dubbed WebOS. more…
Microsoft’s reign may be coming to an end. The next war for platform dominance is upon us…it’s your Web browser. It may seem far-fetched, but if you’ve ever used Gmail or Google Docs, you’ve already sampled the idea of running applications directly in your browser and may not have even realized it.more…
Harry S. Truman once demanded, “Give me a one-armed economist.” Evidently his economic advisers couldn’t offer straightforward answers, beginning a string of caveats with “On the other hand…” Trying to make sense of the range of Houston 2009 economic predictions brought this quote to mind. more…
