You hear the story over and over again: Business asks IT to design and build yet another custom application. IT resources are limited, so the IT department subcontracts the job to some external software company. Meanwhile, the IT department itself … Continue reading
Everyone knows the big four auditors (Deloitte, Ernst&Young, KPMG, PWC) for a long time. In recent times, while our favourite topic becomes more important from week to week, there are the IT Service management big four aka BMC, CA, HP … Continue reading
This spring I took part in a course of horsemanship where Uwe Jourdain did his very best to teach riders who spend most of their time riding underneath the sky and our horses the art of circus riding. I really … Continue reading
I started out this weekend with a fierce discussion on graph theory on Saturday. Surely I gave more ground than I normally would have, as I spent Friday night at an Irish birthday party. Well, this discussion is about how … Continue reading
Not just for all of us who have to deal with day-to-day operation of IT the topic of automation seems to be of great interest. Naturally the interest of people maintaining systems and services becomes the interest of vendors. I … Continue reading
Well, what a very basic question… Should we be discussing automation engines, when we should not have trust in them automatically taking action? Surely not, and obviously we are discussing automation engines. So why do I hear so much about … Continue reading
The worlds-famous retiree Bill Gates annouced some weeks ago, that in the future Microsoft will have many millions of servers in their datacenters, which first of all is a very impressive proposition. Nicolas carr has some thoughts on Bills speech … Continue reading
Good music surely is a matter of taste. BUT some things are just such classics that I do not hesitate to declare them “simply good”. I consider myself a lucky guy. Last week I had the pleasure of seeing Mark … Continue reading
We are all moved by compliance issues. Mainly storage vendors, consultants and auditors are having a feast. For most corporations introducing the new rules is quite a drain on resources. Besides this, changes in the working processes are the main … Continue reading
As discussed before, automation in IT operations definitely has a strong social impact. It is a question of how IT professionals deal with the change that will make the difference in the end. As I spent most of last week … Continue reading
