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Tag Archives: Change
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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On censoring and innovation
Perhaps it’s apophenia or selection bias but reading Stephen’s latest post over at Pack Rat on Tim Cook and Steve Ballmer struck a chord with some other stuff I’ve been reading and thinking about. As I wrote previously I’ve been … Continue reading
Getting back to living. . .
I spend a lot of time talking with customers and my team about transformation. How we can transform IT, how we can transform our relationship with our customers, and how can we transform our business to continue to compete and … Continue reading
Cloud Conflation
We are a few years into this whole Cloud thing now and I’m surprised by how people still talk about it as a Cure All, some sort of silver bullet, conflating Cloud as a Service Delivery model with all sorts … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT
Tagged Change, Cloud, Future of IT, ITSM, Private Cloud, Transparency
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Go BIG or Go Home!
Go Big or Go Home, seems trite, but it is applicable to IT transformation. Companies that are successfully adopting cloud technologies are taking a transformation approach, not a technical project approach. The larger the scale of the program the more … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT
Tagged Automation, business, Change, Cloud, Demand Management, Future of IT, Private Cloud, service catalog, Transparency
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Mission Statement
It may seem like we’re a bit late to the game starting a new blog to appeal to geeks in this day and age but we think we’re on to something a little different. Peter and I have worked together … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged business, Change, Edward Newman, Future of IT, Kinzua Kid, mission, Mr. Infrastructure, Peter Kraatz
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Strategies for Private Cloud Initiatives
Later this week I’ll be presenting as a part of our EMC Live! webcasts on Building Strategies for Private Cloud Initiatives. I’ve been thinking more about what EMC’s Private Cloud vision means and how it is being implemented by our … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Change, EMC, Future of IT, GRC, Private Cloud, service catalog
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The Web at 20!
The most recent edition of EMC’s ON Magazine contained a whole series of articles and musings celebrating the Web at 20 years and imagining what the next 20 years will bring for it. The EMC Community of bloggers has taken … Continue reading