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Inflection Point: Business Platform Transformation Strategy
In our Inflection Point posts we dig a little deeper and take a hard look at the root of an issue currently plaguing enterprise IT by breaking down the problem(s), offering remediation approaches, and highlighting points of insight we’ve seen work with clients. Today’s CIO organizations face a complex array of challenges in managing the [...]
Category: Business Alignment, Datacenter Transformation
Does Cloud Foreshadow the Death of IT Innovation?
I’m sure that some have asked the questions in the past few years as cloud has matured from a vaporous concept to viable sourcing strategy for much of a business’ IT needs. What will I be doing in five years? Will I still have a job? Chances are pretty good that if you are asking [...]
Category: Business Alignment, Cloud Computing
Run IT like a Business; Manage IT like a Portfolio
In the first part of this series “Technology is not a Toy,” we discussed technology alignment to the business and the exposure of the tail wagging the dog syndrome. The next step is building appropriate levels of accountability and control…and it’s not someone else’s problem. All too often, we find organizations don’t have a [...]
Category: Business Alignment, IT Management
Lack of Organizational Capability = IT Waste
At Adaptivity, I work helping some of the largest companies in the world upgrade their IT to match the demands of their business. In the process I come across a variety of maturity levels, from those that are managing IT efficiently, to those wasting fortunes on unnecessary technology and resources. Usually I am focused on [...]
Category: Cloud Computing, IT Management
Dev/Test Cloud: A Good First Step
Often times, our clients don’t know how to approach the adoption of cloud-based capabilities and technologies. They’ve seen the writing on the wall and know that they need to get their company’s internal cloud running, but are afraid to take that risky first step. After all, as we have written on this blog, there is [...]
Category: Cloud Computing
Being Elastic Does Not Make You Highly Available
The Amazon Web Services outage a few weeks back brought to our attention just how many people were susceptible to the misconception that elasticity insured high availability—now that the dust has settled, it’s time to have a rational discussion about this controversial misconception. During the incident Amazon performed well, and although it was an extended [...]
Category: Cloud Computing, IT Management
Cloud or Fog?
As hopefully everyone saw last week, Adaptivity was selected by Gartner as a “Cool Vendor” for Cloud Management. This was pretty exciting news for us and we are glad to join the ranks of other vendors who have been selected by Gartner recently (e.g. Abiquo, DynamicOps, VMTurbo, Zimory, 3scale, CloudSwitch, Kaavo, Sonoa Systems). That said, [...]
Category: Cloud Computing
Cloud Availability Management: Know Thy Cloud
On Thursday last week our Twitter handle @Adaptivity barely said a word. The reason was that our primary link to Twitter, HootSuite, crashed. It crashed along with more than 100 other sites when Amazon Web Services experienced an outage. If you had asked me Thursday morning if we had any exposure to Amazon Web Services [...]
Category: Cloud Computing
IT Transformations Don’t Have to be Scary
The word transformation typically implies some daunting task, especially when applied to large IT Infrastructures such as data centers and mission critical application platforms. The truth, however, is that transforming a data center doesn’t have to follow a “Big Bang” approach. It is perfectly feasible to transform small pieces of your infrastructure incrementally. When building [...]
Category: Datacenter Transformation, 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
