Draining the Information Swamp
Were not hydrologists, but it seems clear that the first thing to do when draining a swamp is to stop more water from leaking in. The same applies to an information swamp. Information not only needs to be better managed by information technologists as it leaks in, but also as its passed within an organization. IT shops are skilled at building information pipes using Internet connections, distribu...DEMOLetter: Draining the Economic Swamp
My good friend, Scott Beth, vice president of procurement at Intuit, has a wonderful metaphor that describes well the experience of the economic recession. It is as if the swamp was drained, and companies finally saw the old tires, rotting tree stumps, and rusting barrels at the swamp bottom. That is, the fiscal largess of the Internet boom covered a world of organizational excess and mismanageme...Illegal Medicines Swamp SA Markets
The Cape Times has reported that illegal medicines are flooding the South African market with unregistered products being sold on the streets//. The report said many medicines claim to cure cancer, tuberculosis and HIV/Aids.A source in the country's health department said the industry had grown out of control. "The belief is that they can't close down the market because it's too large. So the...Sewage Swamps River in Scotland
The so-called first world seems to be catching up fast with the third world whether it is infant mortality rates or sewage connection.// Only last fortnight it was reported that Galway, the third largest city in Ireland was reeling under a major water crisis, with scores taking ill because of water contamination. Now the news comes from another part of the United Kingdom, Scot...