Unlock Innovation: Dump These Four Ways of Thinking

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Daily Edge July 24, 2012 Four Ways of Thinking That Stifle Company Innovation Too many companies are anti-innovation without even realizing it. That's the conclusion drawn by Ed Hess, a professor of business administration at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business and co-author, along with Jeanne Liedtka, of "The Physics of Business Growth: Mindsets, System, and Processes." In order to stifle what's stifling innovation, Hess advises that companies dump these four entrenched ways of thinking. Read more > Get Don Tennant's From Under the Rug RSS Feed   Consolidating Data Warehousing on a Private Cloud This TDWI checklist report makes a case for private database clouds, especially as a platform for consolidated BI and DW applications. Download now > Blogs Susan Hall Charting Your IT Career Big Data Talent Shortage Requires Creativity Mike Vizard IT Unmasked The Growing Importance of Inbound QoS Control Sue Marquette Poremba Data Security Home Computers and Mobile Devices See Huge Leap in Malware in 2Q Energy Efficiency for the IT Organization   Read this white paper to learn how many businesses are reducing their environmental impact by pursuing improved data center design, as well as using virtualized and cloud IT environments. Learn more now > Eight Tips to Prevent Mobile Device Theft Malicious insiders as well as outside culprits are increasingly becoming more innovative and inventive in finding ways to steal valuable information and proprietary data from company and employee mobile devices and laptops that don't have appropriate endpoint security. BYOD: The CIO Catch-22 The real challenge isn't about devices or applications (which are effectively just tools), but around the actual data being stored on these personal devices. Download: Blogging and Microblogging Guidelines Template Info-Tech's template acts as a starting point for creating an objective action charter for your thought leaders when it comes to blogging and Twitter. Featured White Papers IT Service Automation: Addressing the Core of IT's Challenges This research report summarizes a 2010 Forrester survey on IT service automation and outlines a model service automation approach. •  The Application Performance Almanac — A Week-by-Week Guide •  The Impact of Server Type on Your Data Center: Power, Heat, & More •  Data Deduplication for Dummies "For anyone who has been around the telecom and IT worlds for a long time, the spectacle of Microsoft fighting for relevancy — survival still is guaranteed — is pretty breathtaking." Excerpt from Carl Weinschenk Data and Telecom Latest White Papers Bring Enterprise-class VMware Protection to Small and Midsized Businesses Today's Web Threats: Five Tips to Reduce the Risk Data Center Consolidation: A TCO Analysis of Linux Server Strategy TCO Comparison Shows Tape Is Still Your Best Backup Bet This e-mail is sent by: IT Business Edge, property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Copyright © 2012 QuinStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise