When I was in college I was fascinated by a book called The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology. When I was in college, I was fascinated by a book called The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology. Actually, I was most fascinated by the title. Sociology was not my thing. But now, finally, that thought has […]
In a series of recent stories, Dan Woods has made the argument that IT is facing a management crisis. Consumerization, Software as a Service, virtualization and cloud computing, and mobility are all stretching IT management skills to the limit. (See “The Coming Crisis of IT Management”, “Eight Steps For Addressing the IT Management Crisis”, and […]
The goal of energy management is to make more intelligent use of energy in all its forms. CIOs and CTOs are concerned about energy management because data centers are a major consumer of power for running servers and other equipment and for cooling. Energy management is a hot topic due to rising electricity prices rising […]
You don’t need to put everything into an asset management system. Noah Broadwater is the CTO of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the Sesame Street children’s media juggernaut. Dan Woods, CEO and Founder of Early Adopter Research, sat down with Broadwater to discuss asset and portfolio management from the perspective of the CTO, the effect […]
If you want to know what’s broken, talk to the people who do the work. Noah Broadwater is the CTO of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the Sesame Street children’s media juggernaut. Dan Woods, CEo and Founder of Early Adopter Research, sat down with Broadwater to discuss asset management and portfolio management from the perspective […]
How do you go about pruning your IT estate? Noah Broadwater is the CTO of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the Sesame Street children’s media juggernaut. Dan Woods, CEO and Founder of Early Adopter Research, sat down with Broadwater to discuss asset and portfolio management from the perspective of the CTO, the effect and dictates […]
Consumerization is recognition that the footprint of IT has expanded beyond its typical boundaries. Noah Broadwater is the CTO of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind the Sesame Street children’s media juggernaut. Dan Woods, CEO and Founder of Early Adopter Research, sat down with Broadwater to discuss asset (Part I) and portfolio (Part II) management from […]
The ability to function well in a team is becoming more important than technical brilliance. Last year, on October 29, Apple announced that Scott Forstall, SVP of iOS Software, will leave the company effective immediately. Less than two weeks later, on November 12, Microsoft made a similar announcement, stating that the head of Microsoft’s Windows […]
All of the information needed for a pruning analysis should be available as part of managing a well run IT shop. IT pruning is the practice of shutting down applications and systems that are not providing value. As Dan Woods pointed out in “Why Aren’t You Pruning Your IT?”, the largest, richest, most sophisticated companies […]
One of the most important enduring challenges facing CITOs is making sure that the technology portfolio is aligned at all levels with the needs of the business. One of the most important enduring challenges facing CITOs is making sure that the technology portfolio is aligned at all levels with the needs of the business. In […]
