Matt Mullen of 451 Research produced the article / analysis below discussing the much-hyped topic of whether marketing teams are starting to drive more organizational IT spending than traditional IT teams themselves. Speaking as a marketing guy: “Oh, were that the case!” Evidently my current and recent employers never got that memo. (Heh heh heh, just kidding, bosses) My favorite …
Tim Chou on True Technology Costs
Dr. Timothy Chou of cloud computing, Stanford, and Oracle fame wrote the opinion piece below for CFO. AIS is proud to have forged a relationship with Tim over the past year; he is certainly a smart guy with keen insight. (Note: you can see Tim keynote the March 6 CommNexus Headliner event on March 6 at Qualcomm entitled “Migrating to …
CIO Strategies for 2013
New month of a new year — and so we review a few new CIO strategies. The post from Caron Carlson in FierceCIO covers an article by John Brandon in CIO. Self-serving highlight: “Embrace the cloud for disaster recovery”. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— 6 CIOs Share Their Strategic Visions for 2013 If your …
CIO 2.0: Hybrid CIO, CIO+, CIO Plus, etc.
Quickie article on the convergence / overlap / synergy of CIO, CTO, and even CFO roles by Dawn Altnam in Business2Community. Such “double duty” is common amongst start-ups and the small / medium enterprise space — and a key reason why sourcing IT services from a data center provider is a smart move. Remember: the ultimately goal is to create great …
FEI Article: What CFOs Want From IT
The following article was in the January 2013 issue of the FEI (Financial Executives International) San Diego Chapter Newsletter. Short and sweet, which is ironic because our own CFO, Kevin O’Hare, is tall and a wee bit saucy. I’m just sayin’. The important take-away regarding cloud services is that one size does not fit all — so there’s no need …
Gartner Raises 2013 WW IT Spending Forecast
Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Reach $3.7 Trillion in 2013 Worldwide IT spending in 2013 will increase by 4.2 percent from 2012, totaling $3.7 trillion, according to the forecast released on Thursday by Gartner. Gartner has improved its outlook on global IT spend for 2013, which it predicted to increase only 3.8 percent in its forecast released in Q3 …
Moving Is Painful; Choose Your DC Wisely
Great article from analyst Glenn Ford from 451 Research talking about the real impact of a client moving data centers. Living so much in the virtual world as we do, it’s often easy to forget that a physical swap-out is far harder than just “Control Z”, reposition cursor, “Control V”. The considerations below are important to keep in mind when …
Risk Management Priorities for 2013
I read the article below by Ericka Chickowski in Dark Reading. Risk management, security, governance, compliance — all are topics of great importance to the AIS customer base. Let us know if you want help. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———————- 7 Risk Management Priorities For 2013 CISOs seek more discipline in measuring and mitigating …
Buyer Beware: Hidden Costs, Vendor Lock-in
By Caron Carlson in FierceCIO covering Mikael Ricknas’ article in InfoWorld (also re-posted below). As indicated in other blog posts, AIS encourages customers and prospects to evaluate new service options with eyes wide open, especially when it comes to the cloud. The allure of better / faster / cheaper needs to be balanced with a healthy dose of reality. Buyer …
Transforming the CIO: Here Go Hell Come!
This contributed piece was posted in CIO Journal on WSJ.com. A bit of motherhood and academic platitudes, but good reminders nonetheless. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ————– Five Steps to Build CIO Relevancy CIOs today face a crucial choice: drive IT to become more responsive to customer needs, regardless of the difficulty, or risk losing strategic relevance. …
