Blockchain as a TRUST enabler. - It's at the start of its hype curve, but IBM and others are betting on business Blockchain16th May 2017David Norfolk One of my takeaways from IBM Interconnect 2017 is that IBM is taking Blockchain, as a business technology, very seriously.
Licensing - Just another business continuity issue, and why you need Configuration Management16th December 2016David Norfolk Poor licensing can be a business continuity issue all by itself.
The Mutable Enterprise - What it means to society as a whole2nd September 2016David Norfolk The Mutable Enterprise is just one aspect of an inflection point we will have to journey through in the 21st century.
Disruptive GDPR - A new EU take on data privacy merits attention7th April 2016David Norfolk GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) isEC Regulation intended to strengthen and unify data protection for individuals within the EU
Is it time for more Systems Thinking in IT - DevOps and IoT, in particular, seem to be all about feedback controlled systems24th March 2016David Norfolk As we move towards Industry 4.0, are radically new ways of thinking about automation needed?
EU-US Privacy Shield - is this a new Safe Harbour agreement?4th February 2016David Norfolk EU and US negotiators appear to have finalised an agreement on a new version of the safe harbor data transfer framework for personal data.
Gitting along with Configuration Management and Perforce Helix. - Configuration Management is fundamental to good governance, but it is a journey not a destination.6th October 2015David Norfolk Configuration Management is fundamental to good governance, but it is a journey not a destination - Perforce Helix is part of that journey.
Don’t forget Cloud Governance12th July 2015David Norfolk You can outsource execution but you can't outsource responsibility - even on the Cloud you need Cloud governance
Dynatrace and Keynote26th June 2015David Norfolk An important merger for Dynatrace, one of the better APM tools.
Good governance makes you agile30th May 2015David Norfolk If you can measure risk, and determine scope of impact, you can take more risk - because you can manage risk