IT portfolio management

Cloud Use Cases – Making the cloud work for you!

Question:  My company is exploring building a private cloud.  What uses that will best leverage my cloud infrastructure investment?

The magic of the cloud is that it can do anything.  It is both robust and flexible, the best...

Recovering from Big Bangs, Glops and Legacy Linguini

Question:  How can cloud migrations cut through the mess of legacy applications and failed IT initiatives?

The growing IT best practices consensus is that creating enterprise clouds are smart money for corporations.  Private...

Vaulting into the Cloud – Creating your Cloud Portfolio

Question: Are there any good evaluation criteria for determining which applications in a corporate portfolio are good candidates to migrate into the Cloud?

Now that businesses are convinced that they should be moving at least some of their...

The Evolving Role of the IT Manager – Part 1

Question: With emerging cloud technologies and more outsourcing than ever, how can IT executives benefit from understanding the forces that are shaping the new paradigms of IT service delivery? As the world starts climbing out of the worse recession in 60...

Evaluating Cloud Computing Services – Part 2

Question:  As a mid-sized enterprise customer, can I trust that the cloud is ready to be added to my portfolio of IT services?  What should I be looking for in cloud products that will meet my requirements? As we discussed in part 1, cloud services can be...

Evaluating Cloud Computing Services – Part 1

Question:  With over 3000 products available in the cloud already, is there any way to classify them so that I can evaluate the services that fit my needs without going crazy? OK, we get it.  Cloud computing is big - really big.  In the interest of clearing...