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Tag Archives: ITaaS
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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The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth
No, seriously, we will. If there is any doubt, I’m here with a set of PowerPoint slides a customer actually dared me to create to show them I could make a useful analogy about anything under my purview. So they … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Silly
Tagged analogies, broker, catalog, Cloud, ITaaS, Jar Jar Fuckstick, security, Star Wars
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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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This is why “Shadow IT” happens
One of my friends, let’s call him Rich, works for one of the largest school districts in the U.S. as a technology coordinator. Rich is the business end between the classroom and the prodigious IT resources a top-10 school district … Continue reading
You can build it but they won’t come unless you invite them
I get e-mail, so much so that I have had to add a category for it. This one came in Tuesday: I spoke with [client], who has spent a lot of money creating a private cloud for the company. They … Continue reading
Posted in I Get E-Mail, Private Cloud, The Nature of IT
Tagged adoption, chargeback, Cloud, ITaaS, Private Cloud, service, transformation
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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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