http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=David+D+DeWitt Computers and Technology David D DeWitt Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=740315&ca=Computers+and+Technology It sounds so simple. Shut down two or three data centers and consolidate them into one virtualized, cost efficient facility, then watch the savings role in… if life was only that easy! For most companies, the incentive for data center consolidation is the shear cost of maintaining multiple facilitie... Society David D DeWitt Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=486431&ca=Society Part of the problem with becoming a cost estimation aficionado, who thrives on parametric modeling, is that one tends to think they can build a model for just about everything: Software, Hardware, Aircraft wings, IT infrastructures, cattle futures, etc. In fact, the more one builds the estimates and... Computers and Technology David D DeWitt Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=454211&ca=Computers+and+Technology Know your college football? Hmmm, pick a year and name the NCAA football champion. 2008-Florida? 1986-Penn State? 1962-USC? Nope, Nope, and Nope! No matter what year you selected you were wrong! The NCAA does not formally determine a champion for this category. But, since a gazillion dollars depend... Computers and Technology David D DeWitt Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=407084&ca=Computers+and+Technology I can clearly remember that day I arrived at work - towards the end of the year 2003 – it was easily before 6am. I was leading a small team tasked with prototyping a test environment for a NASA proposal. I stood there amazed as I watched my two programmers demonstrate a completely reengineered satel... Business Management David D DeWitt Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=365566&ca=Business+Management Most of us remember the dubious “doctor” in Huckleberry Finn who proclaims to have the cure for any malady. From the back of the crowd his shill would loudly proclaim that he himself had been healed by the magical elixir. Oh my, but the quantity of snake oil they sold before the townsfolk discovered...