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Thoughts on Technology, Business, and What Comes Next
The Vogel Consulting blog explores lessons from real-world technology projects, business systems, operational challenges, and the changing role of technology in organizations. These are observations from the work itself, along with practical thoughts on where technology and business are headed next.
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Three Decades, Three Seasons
Over the last three weekends, my wife and I celebrated our birthdays and our anniversary. We are also in the third season of the year,…
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What I Thought Vogel Consulting Would Be
On October 1, 2025, I launched Vogel Consulting. I had spent more than 30 years working with ERP systems, IBM i, business processes, integrations, and…
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The Power of 26 Seconds
A client recently came back to me with a question about something that had come up during an earlier meeting. My first thought was that…
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What Comes Next
One of the things I have been thinking about lately is what happens when experience, new technology, and the next generation of technology professionals come…
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A Year of Seeing Things Differently
Sometimes it takes a change in perspective to see something that was there all along. Today, August 25, 2026, marks one year since I filed…
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Seconds That Matter
It has been a little over two months since my last post here. Two months does not sound like much on a calendar. But this…
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$16 Well Spent: Six Days, Four IBM Agents, and the Fix I Had to Find Myself
Let me set the scene. It is June 10th. I have just purchased IBM Bob Pro — a $16/month subscription — to support my consulting…
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IBM Bob and the Old Programmer Who Finally Climbed Aboard
I have been hearing that the AS/400 is obsolete since Y2K. Back then, everyone was talking about abandoning it for the next big thing —…
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Small Is Not a Limitation. It Is the Strategy.
National Small Business Week runs May 3–9 this year, and I will be honest with you: I almost let it pass without saying anything. I…
