A no nonsense discussion of 21st century IT
In my previous podcast I describe how to develop a Hybrid IT Strategy. This strategy will define the blueprint of your environment moving forward but it will not quantify the size of each environment. To do that you need to start from your application portfolio and understand which apps will be moved and where to. …
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In my last podcast I spoke about service integration and management, about how to manage the multiple suppliers that together will provide you with the IT environment and services you present to your users and customers. But there is more to it. The number of suppliers makes the access to the environment increasingly complex. Indeed, …
In my last podcast I focused on the meaning of digital, as in digital enterprise, and why you may want to take a hard look at it. The digital enterprise and cloud are the two sides of the same coin, but it is not obvious to many people. So, in this podcast I focus on …
Companies are increasingly moving to a hybrid IT environment, but this happens often piecemeal. However, to ensure the end-to-end view described in earlier podcasts, taking the time to design the environment properly is critical. 7 key elements need to be taken into account in that process, user experience, security, policies, compliance, management, continuity and integration. …
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Many IT people see the cloud as the ultimate goal. It will solve all the problems IT departments have. I’m also seeing some boards having the same issue and mandating a move to the cloud. But the cloud shouldn’t be the end goal. It adds value in some situations, but should not be the ultimate …
In the previous blog entry we started discussing why IT should become an internal service broker and I shared the first three steps of the process to get there. We started by defining the services that are expected from the business, then looking at which services should be delivered by other entities, to finally discussing …
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