Leveraging the Cloud to Accelerate IT Renewal
(Note: This post was originally written for the Cloud Commons). This is the first in a multi-part post on what I’m referring to as “IT Renewal.” Some people call this “IT Transformation” or “IT...
View ArticleLeveraging the Cloud to Accelerate IT Renewal – Part 2
This is the second in a three-part post on how Cloud Computing can provide a fast path to “IT Renewal.” (Note: This post was originally written for the Cloud Commons). Why IT Renewal? In the first...
View ArticleLeveraging the Cloud to Accelerate IT Renewal – Part 3
This is the third and final part in a three-part post on how Cloud Computing can provide a fast path to “IT Renewal.” What is IT Renewal? In the first post in this series, I discussed how information...
View ArticleIT Leaders – Get ‘With it’ or Get Out of the Way!
This short post was inspired by Dion Hinchcliffe‘s recent post on the Consumerization of tech: The new enterprise disruptor. Dion notes: One trend has emerged with clarity from the discussions this...
View ArticleDoes Cloud+Consumerization Doom the Federated IT Operating Model?
The Federated IT Operating Model is Under Threat! Today, most organizations employ some sort of Federated IT Operating Model. Wikipedia defines a federation as: …characterized by a union of partially...
View ArticleIT Organization Circa 2017 – 5 Year Countdown (Part 1)
When I launched this blog on September 21, 2007, my opening post declared: I’ve named this blog “IT Organization Circa 2017″ in an attempt to position the domain of interest – what will the IT...
View ArticleIT Organization Circa 2017 – 5 Year Countdown (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this post I pointed out why I’d named this blog “IT Organization Circa 2017″ and why I’d picked 2017. I then offered some musings about the nature and shape of the IT Organization Circa...
View ArticleBusiness Relationship Management and Cloud Services – Friends or Foes?
Cloud computing is a reality in most corporate computing environments today and, like it or not, is an increasingly important part of the enterprise computing landscape. There are several important...
View ArticleDoes This Mean the End of the Business Relationship Manager?
Today, it seems that the Business Relationship Manager (BRM) role is gaining prominence, recognition and momentum. I witness this daily through the incredible interest in and membership of Business...
View ArticleShadow IT: Friend or Foe?
Every now and again, I see articles, posts and comments about “Shadow IT“, nearly always cast as a negative phenomenon–something to be avoided, challenged, even eliminated. As an example, Information...
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