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Tag Archives: as a service
A Systems Programming Interface
I have the pleasure of working with a lot of very smart people who challenge me and help me grow every day. Recently we have been talking a lot about moving to a model where we have an API for … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT
Tagged as a service, Future of IT, Infrastructure, ITaaS, ITSM, PaaS, service catalog
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DevOps for Ops
We spend a lot of time focused on DevOps for Devs in the industry. A lot has been written about how we can make life better for developers through automation, Lean, Agile, Kanban, etc. etc. but it seems like there … Continue reading
Posted in Private Cloud
Tagged as a service, Automation, Change, Cloud, Future of IT, IaaS, Infrastructure, ITaaS, ITSM, Private Cloud, process
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Bespoke IT vs. Fit for Purpose
I’ve been focused on blogging over at EMC’s InFocus blog for the last year, but I want to get back to the Practical Polymath and start blogging more frequently about a wider variety of topics. First up is some thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT
Tagged as a service, Change, Cloud, EMC, Future of IT, Infrastructure, ITaaS, ITSM, Private Cloud
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Analytics and Big Data for Infrastructure
I had an interesting conversation a few weeks ago and was asked where am I placing my big bets for the future of IT. I’ve been very interested in Big Data and Analytics for awhile now and this question made … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT
Tagged as a service, Change, Cloud, convergence, Future of IT, Infrastructure, ITaaS, Orchestration
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Is Chargeback really a “third rail”?
You might think so after reading Chargeback exposes IT shops as slow, expensive suppliers. “IT is a high cost operation and there will under-recoveries as business units slash consumption,” Rowsell-Jones says. “That’s a terribly interesting position to find yourself in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged as a service, chargeback, Cloud, Register, service provider, VMware
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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
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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
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