Cloud Computing Tools: Improving Security Through Visibility and Automation –...
The Hub Commentary_ Nice article last week walking through many of the security and management considerations when evaluating services appropriate for public cloud. Security and Operations are coming...
View ArticleAmazon Web Services Helps Users Avoid Bill Shock – NetworkWorld
The Hub Commentary_ The pay-as-you-go model counts on customers over using without regard to usage thresholds, much like company provided mobile phones. Cloud providers make it easy to get started and...
View ArticleCIO-CEO Disconnect a ‘Silent Killer’ – CIO Journal
The Hub Commentary_ Great analogy, The Silent Killer. Even the name IT (Information Technology) is dated. IT as we know will go through significant transformation, if it stays in-house, in the coming...
View ArticleConsider Desktops in the Cloud for BYOD – NetworkWorld
The Hub Commentary_ I’m not so sure I agree with this latest in the cloud development, Desktop-as-a-Service. How many times do you rent this session before it would have been cheaper to just supply...
View ArticleWhy Service Management?
In my last post, Eat or be Eaten – IT Transformation Underway, I discussed the transformation IT as we know it is undergoing. Last week I had the opportunity to listen to my good friend Eveline...
View ArticleRoad Trip – Gartner Infrastructure & Operations Mgmt Summit
I traveled the globe from October to February meeting with customers and our sales teams discussing NetIQ’s IT Operations Management (ITOM) value and solutions, then I traded in wings for a bit. Now...
View ArticleGartner Infrastructure & Operations Mgmt Summit – Road Trip Wrap-up
I’m back from a couple of weeks of travel and most notably, the annual Gartner Infrastructure and Operations Management Summit (IOM) the first week of June. There were more than just a handful of aha...
View ArticleConvergence is in the Air or Clouds – Qmunity
I have posted a couple of new posts on NetIQ’s Qmunity and wanted to share here as well. IT is under great Transformation to get to Service Brokers who can manage Service Governance. This is the...
View ArticleStorm Cloud Busting – Service Enable Your Infrastructure – Qmunity
I live in the Washington, DC metro area, specifically the 51st state – Northern VA or better known as NoVA. Fortunately, I was not affected by the storms and power outages of a couple weeks ago....
View ArticleOlympics, Twitter, iTV – What is Common? HA – High Availability!
I couldn’t resist this opportunity to discuss high availability, speed to root cause, speed to restoration, security and mission critical services. We sit on the eve of the largest single sporting...
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