Where Projects Go Wrong… Part Two

It has been a few weeks since I started my four-part serious “Where Projects Go Wrong.” The first installment was around user communications and expectation setting. For those who missed the original installment, it can be found here. As a quick reminder of the four...

Where Projects Go Wrong… Part One

I am often asked when speaking with customers, “What do I have to worry about? Where do projects go wrong?” I am asked this so often that I have decided to make a four-part blog series discussing each of these project-killing demons. As a former directory and...

Connecting the Dots Around O365 Advanced Security

Let me paint you a picture… We’ll assume you have (or have before) a compromised account somewhere. Now assume that instead of leveraging that compromised account to send out SPAM (and getting caught quickly), the attacker lurks, looking for what it needs to make...

How to Prioritize Your Transformation

People often ask me, “What question are you asked most frequently?” Aside from, “Are you related to the Bob Ballard that found the Titanic?” that one question keeps resurfacing regardless of the technology and platform. It has a few forms, but they all translate back...

Bob Ballard

I am excited to be a part of such a great group of strategists, hopefully bringing insight into the technology decisions you need to make over the coming months and years. My name is Bob Ballard, and I am the Principal Cloud Strategist for Planet Technologies and help...