Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management. Every year in IT is an ordeal. Budget cutbacks, ...

Think about the games of chess versus checkers. The checkers player approaches the game in a very straightforward way. All of the pieces look the same and they all have the same abilities. It is like ...

Watched a movie called "The Wind and the Lion" and the question of playing checkers came about. The person asking the question underestimated the intelligence of the person being asked. The question ...

The end is in sight. Ballots are in hand. Some of us have already voted. In two weeks, we’ll know the outcomes (absent a repeat of 2020’s post-election chicanery.) Whether it’s a light at the end of ...