Author Archive: Sheppard Narkier
Sheppard Narkier is the Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Adaptivity where he is responsible for the development of Intellectual Property which is applied to Adaptivity’s Blueprint4IT Platform. He has 34 years experience in IT, working as an executive and individual contributor in roles such as Enterprise Architect, and Managing Director of Development, Head of Software Portfolio Management & IT Governance. He has worked for Standard & Poors, Dow Jones, SIAC, Wachovia CIB., Global Head of Technology at Sapient and Chief Technical Architect of UBS-Investment Bank. Sheppard’s early background includes Systems Engineer at Data General, and developer in a variety of Financial Services consulting firms.
Using Innovation to Drive Value in Enterprise IT
Stephanie Overby captured popular sentiment in a recent CIO.com article when she said, “IT Value is Dead. Long Live Business Value.” She picked up on a theme we see from more and more CEOs and business organizations, IT doesn’t make relevant measurements, and CEOs don’t care about IT’s attempts to align to the business; all [...]
Category: Business Alignment, IT Management
Making Cloud Concrete: One Workload at a Time
In today’s environment you can’t escape the fact that everyone is promoting cloud as a panacea. Just watch the commercials; if I need a TV fix for my wife while delayed at the airport, or a better photo of the family, I can go “TO THE CLOUD” and build a smarter planet while doing so. [...]
Category: Cloud Computing
