The DMTF’s Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface (CIMI) - a new cloud infrastructure management standard20th September 2012David Norfolk An open standard for managing IaaS is necessary to deliver effective interoperability for cloud services.
The DMTF’s CIMI cloud standard19th September 2012David Norfolk A new standard for managing cloud infrastructures
IBM Innovate 2012 – Fytte 16th June 2012David Norfolk Innovate is the key show for developers using IBM tools. This year, the focus is on convergence across silos.
The missing ITIL Manual you always wanted29th March 2012David Norfolk An official introduction to the ITIL Service Lifecycle - that might suit managers as well as practitioners.
Configuration Management Forum - Versioning, versioning everywhere....9th February 2012David Norfolk In a very real sense, "everything is a configuration management issue". This forum looks at taking CM beyond just software.
Business process automation – the business fights back?17th January 2012David Norfolk Although business process automation concentrates on business agility, traditional IT disciplines such as testing can still be important
Configuration Management or Versioning?4th November 2011David Norfolk Configuration management is important to good governance - but does everybody understand what it is, is it named well and what exactly does it cover?
Innovate2011 – Fytte the 3rd, Keeping legacy going1st July 2011David Norfolk People want to adopt innovation at their own pace - which means that there's a market for capability add-ins for legacy tools
Sybase – an SAP company10th June 2011David Norfolk Sybase is now used to working as an "independent" part of SAP. It seems to be going well.
Governance and Cloud at IBM’s PCTY, Part 231st May 2011David Norfolk Every year, Pulse Comes to You, an offshoot of IBM's Tivoli user conference in Las Vegas, goes around the world. I attended in London.