Referring to the IT Transformation Puzzle which we discussed in my previous blog post IT Transformation – Where to Start?, most IT organizations will start their transformation journey with the Infrastructure Layer as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Infrastructure Transformation This is because Infrastructure is the foundation that everything else ‘rides’ on top of.

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”  — Sun Tzu The reason why people are reading this blog post is because IT Transformation has become inevitable to a certain extent for many IT organizations.  Do a quick scan of major IT vendors’ websites — everyone

IT Transformation has become a popular topic lately and has been closely associated with recent technology innovation and evolution, namely virtualization, mobile computing and cloud computing. Why does IT need to transform and why now? We can look at this from several perspectives. Global Economy Recent spates of global financial crisis and recessions reinforce the

One of my clients was an early adopter of virtualization technology. Initially, the drivers were cost savings and data center floor space. But after virtualizing a significant number of servers and achieving the CapEx and floor space savings, the excitement has died down. It is “no longer interesting anymore”, they commented during one of my

Recently, I was given a speaker slot to talk about operational challenges and the impacts resulting from virtualization and Journey to the Cloud as organizations deploy these technologies to achieve business agility. Although I have dealt with this topic many times, speaking to a group of Architects and Engineers and trying to get their attention

According to an IDC report on IT Cloud Decision Economics, research shows that there are 5 key factors that influence the decision around Public and Private Cloud services (outlined below). Similarly, you can use these same factors to develop the financial model and business justification for Public vs Private cloud. Cost of hardware is probably

One of the common questions or misconceptions that I encounter during my client engagements is  “I am already running a private cloud because I have virtualized a good proportion of my servers” or “What is the difference between server virtualization and private cloud?” To some, the above sentence may sound trivial.  But if you try