Overheard in the tech blogosphere » IT chargeback

Overheard talking about shared services

Margaret Rouse — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:41:48 +0000

“Experts agree that the goal of a services-oriented IT environment is to make services readily and easily accessible to end users. That in itself is what will really revolutionize IT.” – Scot Petersen

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is shared services, the consolidation of back-end business operations such as finance, HR and IT that are used by multiple divisions within the same organization.

Overheard – IT chargeback

Margaret Rouse — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:20:05 +0000

“Provisioning a virtual machine (VM) takes considerably less time than provisioning a physical server, for instance, but it can also throw a monkey wrench into how companies are used to charging business departments for services rendered.”

Christina Torode, Virtual server management vs. physical servers: What’s the difference?

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is IT chargeback.

Overheard: Cloud chargeback

Margaret Rouse — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:32:19 +0000

Knowing which applications and departments are driving IT expenses is critical now, and will continue to be critical as cloud computing goes mainstream in the enterprise. Therefore, any cloud chargeback solution should integrate with the chargeback framework that the company uses to manage their physical assets.

John Gannon, Enterprise Cloud Computing: Understanding the Costs

James Govenor’s blog post wrapping up the speakers at Cloud Camp London is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of cloud computing. Before we even have the luxury of talking about cloud chargeback, there’s some serious work to do re: standards.