From IT to Business
The topic of IT-Business Alignment isn’t really new. It is discussed for years right now. And several software vendors, mainly in the area of “Business Service Management” claim to solve the threats in...
View ArticleThe risk of costs
There is a constant pressure not only on IT but all areas of organizations to reduce costs. However, that frequently ends up with higher risks and potentially higher costs due to these risks. The...
View ArticleWhat business has to learn so that IT can align
We’re talking a lot about the need for IT to align with business. But it’s not about a one way road. There is no doubt that IT has to think much more “business”. Risk focus (here and here), performance...
View ArticleWhy Software Security is a part of any Business Model
During the last weeks, with all the discussions about security- and privacy-related issues in social networks like Facebook or SchülerVZ, I’ve had some talks with people. My position is that these...
View ArticleCloud Computing is mainly Service Management
When looking at all the discussions around the “cloud” I still miss some focus on the real essentials of a strategic (!) approach for using clouds. Clouds are, when looking at the right now common...
View ArticleFrom technology to business – the shift in Identity and Access Management
Being involved in a lot of advisory projects at end user organizations for some years now, I’d like to share some of the fundamental changes I observe. There is always a gap between what analysts like...
View ArticleWhy you should focus on the infrastructure layer
In these days of slowly increasing maturity of Cloud Computing it becomes more and more obvious that and why IT depends on a well thought layer which I tend to simply call “infrastructure”. I have two...
View ArticleCritical success factors for IAM projects
This is sort of a “back to the roots” post, but for some good reason. I’ve done several advisories and customer calls recently, and in some of them it became obviuos that companies tend to miss some of...
View ArticleAgility, service levels, and cost
Some two weeks ago I’ve been at the EMC EMEA Analyst Summit in France. In one of the session Chuck Hollis, VP Global Marketing CTO of EMC Corporation (what a title, isn’t it?) made a very good comment...
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