Tracking citizens

Submitted by skeptic on Thu, 2014-10-23 19:42

Wanting to be off-grid reflects more on the individual than on the society they are in.

the Kingdom of SIAM

Submitted by skeptic on Wed, 2014-10-22 16:48

There's a new buzzword on the block: SIAM, service integration and management.

Release management: landing airplanes

Submitted by skeptic on Thu, 2014-10-16 07:26

It's all very well to talk about "release trains" of interdependent changes as if in a sequence, but meanwhile in the real world it's a complex business scheduling inter-dependent and conflicting releases.

Dont blame the tool: squeeze the asset, fix the behaviour

Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2014-10-06 09:05

Organisations are far too quick to blame their software tools for their woes.

Suggestions for RealIT Radio

Submitted by skeptic on Sat, 2014-10-04 22:09

RealIT RadioMy new podcast series, RealIT Radio, now has five episodes. I'm interested in feedback and suggestions please.

Subscribe to the feed here or on iTunes

That which cannot be measured...

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2014-09-26 10:05

Just because you can't - or don't - measure something doesn't mean you can't manage or improve it.

Changes to user interface

Submitted by skeptic on Wed, 2014-09-17 11:08

So I'm in a meetign with a senior client (CIO actually), and we've finished working something out on the whiteboard, so I take a photo of it, and whist still continuing to talk to him I "share" the photo to Evernote before I forget. Easy to tag and save it while still talking right? Wrong.

ITIL exams have fallen 11% in the last year

Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2014-09-15 11:58

According to Axelos numbers for the first half of 2014, ITIL exams worldwide have fallen 11% compared to the first half of 2013.

Dark IT

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2014-09-12 19:31

Dark IT is a more specific term than "Shadow IT" and self-explanatory. Dark IT is a threat to corporate interests for which the IT department is accountable. But the IT department can't do a damned thing about Dark IT in the absence of effective enterprise governance of IT (EGIT).

That's the issue we need to solve before we can address Dark IT.

Does ISACA offer value to its real members?

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2014-09-07 20:36

ISACA's membership is - reportedly - no longer dominated by security and audit folks. ISACA has a new constituency: the general IT practitioner. Supposedly ISACA wants to align its culture with that new audience, and COBIT 5 is built to be useful in all contexts.

So why aren't we seeing any change? Read the ISACA journal, go to events... the security and audit themes predominate.

I know it takes a long time to change culture but its five years now since ISACA first talked about this.

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