{"id":593,"date":"2008-02-13T23:17:49","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T04:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2008\/02\/links-for-2008-02-14\/"},"modified":"2008-02-13T23:17:49","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T04:17:49","slug":"links-for-2008-02-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2008\/02\/links-for-2008-02-14\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-02-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/HA102537141033.aspx\">Drawing a daily comic strip with Visio<\/a><\/div>\n<div>tarted drawing comics with Visio hoping to have fun. In fact, it&#8217;s been so much fun that I almost feel guilty, and there&#8217;s no reason you shouldn&#8217;t share in that guilt.<\/p>\n<p>** JOHN &#8211; What does Bob want in Visio! **<\/p><\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/visio\">visio<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.co.uk\/concern\/alignment\/features\/index.cfm?articleid=628&amp;pagtype=samecat\">IT and the business: sharing a common language<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIT people have a communications challenge, we don\u2019t help ourselves with too much use of jargon and acronyms. We see our role as being technically focused, rather than commercially focused, so there some education needed.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/itil-value\">itil-value<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bsm\">bsm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/business-service-management\">business-service-management<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bsm_value\">bsm_value<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bsm-barriers\">bsm-barriers<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bsm-maturity\">bsm-maturity<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/alignment\">alignment<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sys-con.com\/read\/500338.htm\">North American Hospital Giant to Address Benefits of ASG&#8217;s BSM Solution<\/a><\/div>\n<div>ASG&#8217;s BSP goes beyond Business Service Management (BSM) software by using a sophisticated engine to collect information on all IT assets and relates those assets to overall business services as specific configuration items (CIs).<\/p>\n<p>** Who are these guys? *<\/p><\/div>\n<div>(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/ASG\">ASG<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/BSP\">BSP<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/bsm\">bsm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/dmcclure\/business-service-management\">business-service-management<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/cio-asia.com\/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&amp;articleid=7620&amp;pubid=5&amp;issueid=129\">CIO Asia &#8211; Defining the next generation data centers<\/a><\/div>\n<div>What is already changing, said Ong of Accenture, is how CIOs are being measured and assessed. \u201cThe business-IT gap is closing. 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