While I was writing this post about the linkage between vendor offerings and IT offerings, I started noodling on this circular challenge:
Public Cloud Driver - IT People (dissatisfaction with IT services)
Public Cloud Enemy - AWS Outages
Private Cloud Driver - IT Competitiveness (business demands for better services)
Private Cloud Enemy - IT People
Lots of time and effort gets spent trying to debate the merits or failings of various technologies. Are technologists really spending their time on the right things? Maybe this is why Gartner has recently flip-flopped on their Public vs. Private Cloud deployment guidance. But which group within the business will be leading that leap?
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Looking in the Mirror: IT Demands vs. Business Demands
- Thought Stream #1 had me making a list of the most common objectives I receive from IT organizations as we discuss products, technologies, etc. They aren't unusual, and they'd probably been reasonably consistent for the past 5-6 yrs (or longer).
- Thought Stream #2 occurred as I watched the tweet stream from Chuck Hollis (@chuckhollis, blog) last week. He was commenting on the discussions that were occurring at an EMC IT Leadership Summit, focused on changes and trends in IT. Some tweet streams disappear over time, I copied a few of the interesting ones below:
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