Count on IT
Mike Sutton is director of IT at Media General Broadcast Group.
John Footen is vice president of National TeleConsultants and the head of its Software Solutions Group.
Managing and Protecting It All... With a Lot Less
by Michael J. Sutton, 06.10.2009
Has your work day expanded? Do you have fewer resources than you did two years ago? A week ago? More...
Don't Worry, Be Happy!
by John Footen, 04.16.2009
We humans have a strong tendency to exaggerate both the good and the bad. An example of this is the worry that many vendors of broadcast technology products have about the impact of Service-Oriented Architecture on them. More...
Opening Networks to A Changing World
by Michael J. Sutton, 04.10.2009
As we become more dependent on diverse methods of obtaining and providing information, our structures must change, as well. More...
Keeping Focus With Challenging Changes
by Michael J. Sutton, 02.04.2009
What I find interesting is that with all of the uncertainty and bad news throughout 2008, we actually did a lot with a lot less resources and money. More...
IT Just Doesn't Get it!
by John Footen, 12.22.2008
The engineer Charles Kettering said, "There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it." More...
Standards Are Dead! Long Live Standards!
by John Footen, 12.03.2008
What should also be obvious is that standards are evolving more and more quickly. The average lifespan of a standard is declining. More...
Sold!—Now Let's Get to Work
by Michael J. Sutton, 10.01.2008
During the entire project, it's critically important to keep primary focus on the people that will be impacted and ensure they are receiving factual communication to help them through the change. More...
Process Management One Step at a Time
by John Footen, 08.20.2008
BPM combines workflow with software integration. It is a way of developing and improving systems that starts with the process, not with the technology! More...
We Need to Talk About SOA
by John Footen, 06.25.2008
It doesn’t matter what technologies we apply to get our systems to communicate more efficiently if they aren’t passing the right information to achieve our business goals. More...
Show me the MoJo!
by Michael J. Sutton, 05.28.2008
MoJo is one of the affectionate names used to illustrate the changing world we’re involved in—mobile journalists. More...
The Service-Oriented Media Enterprise
by John Footen, 04.14.2008
We love our systems. Their growing complexity is something that, while it may awe us, we should all be concerned with. More...
Discovering a Graphic Solution
by Michael J. Sutton, 04.02.2008
By having a group of experienced designers able to collaborate and share ideas continually, we saw opportunities present themselves that hadn’t occurred much in the past. More...
Embracing Change in the New World of IT
by Michael J. Sutton, 01.23.2008
The ability to embrace change is now mandatory in our business. Change is upon us, and we must be agile in the ability to adjust quickly and accurately. More...
Smart Management Amid Changing Times
by John Footen, 12.19.2007
“May you live in interesting times” is said to be an ancient Chinese curse. Well, if that is the case, then we are surely cursed in this era of television. Change is all around us: in our technology and in our business. More...