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If the IT you have didn’t exist, what would you put in its place?
Here’s a thought experiment for you. Suppose you didn’t have any information technology in your workplace? What would you choose to do, with no pre-existing investments getting in the way? Let’s presume, for a moment, that you’re an office-centred business. … Continue reading
The core governance decisions
IT governance is a noxious task, yet leaving it undone — or asking the Chief Information Officer to bear the load alone — is a recipe for trouble. I have written at length about the Governance Board, and how it … Continue reading
Learning to see differently
There’s a long running tension in IT between centralisation and decentralisation. Processing more data, after all, simply requires more resources. More storage, more computing power — but the software is (probably) the same. (The “probably” reflects the fact that different … Continue reading
Who do you serve?
Information Technology groups frustrate the rest of the people in the organisation because they’re not seen as serving their needs. That is a trite statement: the battle between users and technologists is an old one. Still, what could you be … Continue reading
“Good enough” is good enough
In a comment exchange here a few days back, John DiMarco made some observations about how he’s handling total cost of ownership and operation (TCOO) that made a great deal of sense, so much so that today I want to … Continue reading
Posted in Asset Portfolios, Services
Tagged ideas for redundancy, ideas for TCOO, periodic retesting
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IT spending to fall: what should you spend on?
There’s a presumption that growth should always be occurring. Vendors count on it; most managers do, too. What if that’s not true? For enterprise IT, that’s in the immediate future. (Take a good hard look at how this year’s “growth” … Continue reading
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Tagged budgets, cuts, falling economy, what to do
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Base Costs of “Being in the Game”
For too long, enterprises have tried to do “IT on the cheap”. By that, I don’t mean that they don’t spend a lot of money on it. I’m also not someone who thinks the amount your should spend is formulaic: … Continue reading
Common Needs and Differentiation
There are two different kinds of need for information technology in the typical enterprise. Unfortunately, most of us have implemented three kinds — and that is the source of more value destruction than any other thing we do in IT. … Continue reading
Information vs System Continuity
Business continuity plans continue to often be domiciled in the IT organization. They also continue, far too often, to focus around the “critical systems”. What this boils down to, of course, is money. Which business areas think it’s worth taking … Continue reading
