Fountainhead

AUGUST 30, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. IT as a Service isnt just "more virtualization". The market is equating virtualization with cloud, and worse, equating cloud with IT Transformation. Our IT department has over 79% of services virtualized and running on standard platforms.

Data Center 184

Data Center Virtualization Cloud Change Management 184

Fountainhead

APRIL 24, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. After having spoken to numerous customers and vendors, its clear to me that cloud computings operational transformation necessarily triggers structural changes in the IT organization - as well as in the rest of the enterprise. Big Data. (6).

Cloud 187

Cloud Data Center Training Change Management 187

Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. IMO there is a massive opportunity for leading change-management organizations to work with IT organizations to help them assess and execute this transition. Where Are the Big Guys? Perhaps they have IT change management practices.

Data Center 150

Data Center Change Management Cloud Virtualization 150

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. And I hope that change-management and organizational design models will mature to the level of technology models so that "turn-key" process change and skill development will accompany the product sale. Big Data. (6).

Data Center 200

Data Center Financial Cloud Virtualization 200

Fountainhead

JANUARY 24, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Since about 2006 I’ve been involved with data center IT automation. Back then I started with Cassatt, one of the first companies trying to automate infrastructure components in the data center. Enter Virtualization. Fountainhead.

Cloud 216

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Data 216

Fountainhead

APRIL 4, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. They might be trust/security/governance issues; economic models to justify the investment; the risk of moving to new operational models; dealing with change management (a change in IT will necessarily impact changes in related orgs); the list goes on.

Cloud 173

Cloud Data Center Education Virtualization 173

Fountainhead

APRIL 6, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. I spent a day last week at the IT Financial Management Associations (ITFMA) meeting in Atlanta. virtualization) the trend toward chargebacks, and chargeback tools, seems to be growing. SW asset management : Another subset of above.

Data Center 100

Data Center Conference Financial Virtualization 100