Dr. Rob Rennie
Chief Information Officer
Rob has been a CIO for over twenty years and is known for building the reputations of... More
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State of Technology
Posted by Dr. Rob Rennie Tue, October 30, 2012 12:56 pm EDT
Approval of the College’s next five-year Strategic Technology Plan
If you have kept track of my blogs, you realize I don’t feel compelled to post just because I can, or on a specific timeline. The reason I...
Read anything interesting lately?
Posted by Dr. Rob Rennie Tue, July 24, 2012 4:38 pm EDT
Well it has been quite a while since my last blog. Big things have been underway in IT and I have been immersed in the development of our next five-year strategic technology plan.
The plan is now completed and is awaiting final edits and publication, which should conclude later this summer. The plan includes recommendations...
Nice job Microsoft…no really!
Posted by Dr. Rob Rennie Thu, October 20, 2011 11:00 am EDT
The college technology leadership team and I recently had a couple of days of extremely valuable meetings with senior Microsoft folks.
We always go into briefings like these with very low expectations. Executive briefings usually prove to be rehashes of roadmaps we already know or...
Let us not forget, one more thing…
Posted by Dr. Rob Rennie Fri, October 07, 2011 10:29 am EDT
Although we have all reminisced a bit with the passing of Steve Jobs, it is time to return to thoughts of the future.
After all, as my dear friend and colleague, the renowned futurist, Thornton May regularly advises, "we will spend most of the rest of our lives...
Reflection on Genius Lost
Posted by Dr. Rob Rennie Thu, October 06, 2011 3:17 pm EDT
When someone we know, admire, or who has had significant effect on our lives passes, there is a natural compulsion to reflect on what they meant to us and on the meaning of our own lives as well.
I have been very fortunate. My career in technology began right before the Big-Bang of personal computing, in the much calmer but still exciting...
So, about that CLOUD thing…
Posted by Dr. Rob Rennie Wed, July 20, 2011 1:07 pm EDT
You have no doubt read or heard about the cloud, as in cloud computing or cloud apps. If you weren't wondering what it was or how it might affect your digital life before the Apple WWDC announcements by Steve Jobs, you likely have wondered since.
First off, let’s clear up what cloud is. Think of cloud as a computing utility where you select the computing services and functionality...
The Technological Horizon for Florida State College
Posted by Dr. Rob Rennie Tue, October 19, 2010 2:43 pm EDT
Today I am going to share a little bit about the big trends that are driving our technology planning here at the college but also happen to be creating major changes throughout our society that will affect how we live, learn, and conduct the business of our lives for a very long time.
As I stated in my opening blog for this site, I have been living and working in the center core of information technology for a very long time,...
Welcome, Old Blogger Moves to a New Forum
Posted by Dr. Rob Rennie Tue, September 28, 2010 12:19 pm EDT
For those of you who don’t know me, I am Dr. Rob Rennie, the college’s VP, Technology and CIO (chief information officer).
A chief information officer is the person responsible for information, and related, technologies in an enterprise. At the college, this includes...
