The Data-Centric World
As "the world of things" evolves, we need a new way of looking at "systems of systems" that can cope
Musings from David Norfolk, Practice Leader for Development & Governance.
The need for Software Tagging
Discovering the software your company uses is a vital part of Software Asset Management, but it's not as simple as you might think.
The death of applications?
An "application focus" is an IT focus. What the business needs is a focus on "business outcomes" and there are signs of this starting to happen.
That old spectre: proprietary systems lock-in
The possibility of vendor lock-in, of building tomorrow's disfunctional legacy today, is a risk to worry about, but not to excess...
Mainframe Knowledge Transfer
Mainframe systems are important and the latest mainframes are innovative and powerful tools. This places a premium on knowledge transfer and training.
Insights into server consolidation onto the virtualised mainframe
IBM is consolidating its servers into a few strategic locations using virtualised zLinux on mainframes - and claims considerable cost savings.
Let’s forget about security….
Security doesn't matter as an end in itself. What matters is enabling business outcomes - through appropriate control, transparency and ethics.
Combining High and Low Ceremony
Automated business service delivery needs "just enough" ceremony for good governance -which should be driven by business need, not tool shortcomings.
Resurgence of the CIM?
The hard part of automating business process isn't (despite what IT often tells you) the programming, it's understanding the business process.
SAM standard revised
Software Asset Management is more than mere licence management and perhaps the revised ISO 19770 standard will help you implement it.