by Russ Pearlman | Aug 3, 2017 | Technology
I’m a big believer in what is known as Amara’s law, named after futurist Roy Amara: “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” I thought of this today when I read an article by... 
by Russ Pearlman | Apr 25, 2017 | CIO Concerns, Legal, Strategy
Just a few weeks back, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fined Denver-based Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN) $400,000 for failure to protect some 3,200 patient records that were covered by HIPAA. The attack? An employee fell victim to a phishing... 
by Russ Pearlman | Feb 15, 2017 | CIO Concerns
We are all familiar with the secrecy that surrounds Coca-Cola’s recipe for original Coke. It’s part of the mystique of their brand. Supposedly, only 2 executives in the company know the recipe, and they are kept apart just so that the recipe can never be lost.... 
by Russ Pearlman | Feb 6, 2017 | Data, Legal
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is data that can be used to indirectly identify a specific individual, such as a social security number, driver’s license number, or login name. PII is important to protect as a part of overall data security because PII is... 
by Russ Pearlman | Jan 24, 2017 | CIO Concerns, Technology
A few months ago, Kasey Panetta of Gartner published a nice article entitled Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017 in which she discussed technology trends that will have a strategic impact on companies in 2017. With this article in mind, I recently... 
by Russ Pearlman | Oct 4, 2016 | Innovation, Technology
Sometimes it feels like we are kidding ourselves about innovation. On one hand, just about everyone in technology brags about how innovative they are or how innovative they want to be. But when I describe some really innovative scenarios, I often hear things like...