no, I am not a computer programming experiment attempting to contact the outside world for the first time. I am Chris (or for those of you who prefer formal German Hans-Christian) Boos and I will be “your host” in this part of cyber space. In the picture you can see me with my Camargue horse – by the name of Eudemis – in deep conversation on life, the universe and everything. Actually I decided on one of my longer riding adventures to finally get off the couch and write on the topic of IT automation. So you are not just introduced to me and this most interesting topic – btw. you can find a little more background on the idea of this blog here - but also the source of my internal piece and probably the “person” who knows me best – Eudemis. Besides riding and quite a bit of other outdoor activities I am involved in managing arago – an IT think-tank company in Germany – and while doing so I am spending a lot of time developing, analyzing, debating over and introducing modern ways to keep all the IT around us up and running with less pain – for users and IT people alike – than it is accomplished in most environments today. I feel this is one of the last real frontiers in IT research. It also is one of the topics receiving more and more attention in the press and technical community. As I believe it is not useful to reinvent the wheel over and over again me – and some very interesting colleagues and friends of mine – have decided to share our experience here. I do hope you enjoy our commentary and company.

Best regards

Chris