[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Let’s start at the beginning. What Is Hybrid IT? At its most basic level, hybrid IT is a blend of cloud-based and on-premises IT services. The pursuit of standardisation used to be a best practice for building IT architecture, as IT organisations prefer to manage only one type of computing. Due to pressures from both the business and IT to shift toward cloud services, however, hybrid IT has become more and more prevalent.…
Ever since the cloud became a major force in enterprise computing, IT leaders have been confronted with a choice: maintain data, applications, systems, and networks in-house or move them to the cloud, with its promise of cost savings, scalability, and improved agility.…
It’s been just about one year since the world learned about the Spectre and Meltdown microprocessor vulnerabilities, and a little over 18 months since the big WannaCry ransomware attacks of 2017. Those events were a serious wake-up call for many organizations. Companies are revisiting their security controls not only to ensure that they can counter threats, but also to make sure that they can recover quickly if their defenses are breached.
No doubt about it, it’s an exciting time to be working in the IT industry. I’m not just talking about employees of one of the many tech companies, such as Facebook, Google, or Amazon. IT teams around the world are part of a transformation that is turning entire industries into technology-first businesses.
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The next BriefingsDirect composable cloud strategies interview explores how changes in business organization and culture demand a new approach to leadership over such functions as hybrid and multi-cloud procurement and optimization.
We’ll now learn from an IT industry analyst about the forces reshaping the consumption of hybrid cloud services and why the model around procurement must be accompanied by an updated organizational approach — perhaps even a new office or category of officer in the business category.
For organizations trying to improve their management of IT, ITIL® best practice has been one of the major sources of guidance. Before ITIL 4, the last version of ITIL was released in 2011. Since then, many organizations have undergone transformational change both to their business models and to the types of technology they use. How well does ITIL 4 align itself to this evolved business and technology landscape?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]When businesses first started considering public cloud as a serious platform for IT, nobody was thinking too hard about how it would affect the organizational structure of IT shops or what the operating model for cloud should look like. But as cloud engagements have matured, those questions are coming forward in a big way, and IT organizations that haven’t yet put some serious thought into them run the risk of seeing their cloud projects shunted aside or derailed.…