Recent Comments
Archives
- May 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- October 2017
- August 2017
- May 2017
- March 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- June 2016
- November 2015
- October 2015
- July 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- August 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- November 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- September 2010
- August 2010
- May 2010
- February 2010
- December 2009
- September 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
Categories
- Astronomy and Space
- Big Data
- Blogroll
- Cache Construction
- Communication
- Consulting 101
- Driving Transparency
- Education
- Events
- Family
- For the Newbies
- Forums
- Future of IT
- Geocaching
- Geocaching.com
- GRC
- Growing the Business
- Hardware
- Home Audio
- I Get E-Mail
- In the News/Blogosphere
- Maps and Mapping
- Miscellaneous
- Mobile Caching
- Movies
- My Finds
- Open Thread
- Philosophy
- Private Cloud
- Public Cloud
- Recreation
- Resources
- Reviews
- Science
- Security
- Silly
- Skepticism
- Snark
- Software
- Somebody Else's Stuff
- Statistics
- Strategy and Tactics
- The Nature of IT
- This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
- Transformation
- Transportation
- Uncategorized
Monthly Archives: April 2012
I want to transform my approach to IT, but…
I get e-mail: Pete, I have a client that wants to explore IT transformation and maybe move to a cloud or “As a Service” model but the managers keep throwing up this objection- At this point the writer inserts one … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT, Private Cloud, The Nature of IT, Transformation
Tagged aaS, as a service, IaaS, ITaaS, objections, PaaS, process, provisioning, SaaS, SLA
1 Comment
Wait, you mean leaks/breaches don’t all come from “The Cloud”?
WorkiLeaks: How to Be a Workplace Leaker Without Getting Caught | Threat Level | Wired.com. With all the gnashing of teeth around securing “The Cloud” I figured the fact that someone can send an e-mail or steal a printout would … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Transparency
1 Comment
Getting to Chargeback in “As a Service” Models: Think Pizza
A recent industry conference featured session after session of presentations where people asked (appropriately or not, for the session) how they were supposed to do chargeback in the cloud. After listening to the sessions and queries I concluded the question … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Transparency, Future of IT, Growing the Business, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, The Nature of IT
Tagged accounting, allocation, as a service, chargeback, cost, finance, IaaS, memoback, PaaS, per unit, SaaS
Leave a comment
In Honor of Ted’s Profile Picture
http://www.thebeardly.com/ That is all.
Nice Study, but Where’s the Rest?
Forbes covered the release of Symantec’s Smartphone Honey Stick Project. It was a nicely put together study that promised to tell us much about the risks associated with losing your phone. I read through it looking for the implications, particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT, Public Cloud
Tagged Cloud, Marketplace, risk, security, smartphone, Sophos, study, Symantec, theft
Leave a comment