In keeping with the tradition of the last three to five years, 2012 is being touted by analysts and vendors alike as "the year for VDI." This year there is a slightly new twist to the hype and marketing, and that’s Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). It’s a simple concept: Employees own devices that they like to use and are most productive on; IT should support the apps and services used to run the business on the employees’ devices. To see the full post visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/private-cloud/232300473.
Chargeback/Trackback: Yes You Need It
You can’t fix, manage or justify what you don’t understand. IT chargeback/trackback not only helps end users understand their service utilization, but it also helps IT justify and prioritize spend. Measured service is a requirement of NIST’s cloud definition… To read the full article visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/private-cloud/240003313 Related posts: Thought Experiment…
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The Art of Pre-Sales
On a recent customer call being led by a vendor account manager and engineer I witnessed some key mistakes by the engineer as he presented the technology to the customer. None of the mistakes were glaring or show stopping but they definitely kept the conversation from having the value that…
The Organizational Challenge
One of the major challenges when looking into cloud architectures is the organizational/process shifts required to make the transition. Technology refreshes seem daunting but changing organizational structure and internal auditing/change management can make rip-and-replace seem like child’s play. In this post I’ll discuss some ways in which to simplify the…