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Considerations for Multi-Speed IT

Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2015-05-11 04:37

Recently I posted about the "Big idea" I am focused on for 2015: Multi-Speed IT Capability. Let's drill down into some of the further considerations that come out of that.

Copyright issues when using ITIL at the coalface

Submitted by skeptic on Tue, 2015-05-05 10:57

Axelos are shooting themselves in the foot by constraining consultants' use of ITIL.

the internet fosters madness

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2015-05-01 22:33

The world (epicentre USA) needs to address the madness promulgated by the internet.

Examples:

  • Sandy Hook “truthers”: the government staged or faked the shootings to usher in gun control laws
  • NASA are geo-engineering the weather
  • anti-vaxxers who call vaccination "a form of rape" and deny the science

Whats up with Cyber Resilience?

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2015-04-24 23:56

I'm puzzled by all the activity around Cyber Resilience.

Multi-Speed IT

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2015-04-19 23:07

© Copyright Canstock Photo IncEnterprises are wrestling with the conflicting needs to chase competitiveness in a world of endlessly changing technology, whilst still remaining mindful and careful. In IT we are caught in the same bind. I have written about this squeeze before in "To Protect and Serve".

This year I'm looking at solutions: how IT can deal with the dichotomy with Multi-Speed IT. By embracing Agile, DevOps, BYOD and other "liberation" approaches, and integrating them into our ITSM, risk, and governance practices, we can create an IT environment with a better chance of responding at the speed of business, whatever the business chooses that speed to be. This article proposes a nuanced approach to two-speed IT, where each lifecycle implementation is a blend of the two "speeds".

ITSM success is driven by people and policy

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2015-04-19 00:28

Get your people right and policy (roles, rights, rules, goals) clear, and then everything else will work out: processes, tools, results...

The IT Skeptic's Big Ideas

Submitted by skeptic on Sat, 2015-04-11 23:53

Every year I seem to run with one or more "Big Idea". Often they are not my original idea. Some are. For the others I try to bring a fresh perspective to them.

Use verbs to describe services

Submitted by skeptic on Wed, 2015-04-08 21:25

A service is not an object, a thing, or *shudder* a technology.
A service is an action, an activity, and the people who perform or deliver it.

A service is active not passive.

So consider using verbs to describe your services:

Axelos selling ITIL?

Submitted by skeptic on Wed, 2015-04-01 06:52

The IT Skeptic has seen paperwork today that appears to confirm big news for ITIL. Yes folks, we believe Axelos has sold ITIL® to a consortium of independent ITSM consultants.

Google enters the fitness device market

Submitted by skeptic on Tue, 2015-03-31 21:33

After the demise of their flagship innovation product, Google Glass, Google have come back strongly with the release of their new body monitoring device, part of the ChromeBit family, as a direct challenge to fitness monitoring devices such as FitBit.

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