Evolution - A Window to my mind » Service Management

8 things you should know about Server Virtualization

Wai-Kit — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:41:38 +0000

Since I started on the topic of consolidation and virtualization, here’s my take on server virtualization and the 8 things you should be aware of:

According to Gartner,

…

IT costs accounting

Wai-Kit — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:45:07 +0000

So often, I have heard skeptics who would criticize and cynically discard away the concept of measuring, accounting, and charging for IT services within an organization. “Why would you want…

Data Centre Asset Planning

Wai-Kit — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:19:33 +0000

A recent Quocirca Insight report which was derived from 301 interviews with senior IT influencers and decision makers shows what we have already experiencing in most data centres: Crisis point…

IT Shared Services & Modeling Chargebacks

Wai-Kit — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:00:22 +0000

In most organization, the IT function is almost always a key enabler for an effective and efficient running of the business. With the recent credit crunch and economic downturn, many…

Virtualization – why you cannot ignore Storage?

Wai-Kit — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:17:17 +0000

There are many ways to optimize the data center. But as with all things good, it is necessary to take each step in moderation. Consolidation and virtualization is one way…

The 2009 Data Center Purchasing Survey Report

Wai-Kit — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:55:17 +0000

Between June and September of 2009, SearchDataCenter.com conducted the Data Center Decisions 2009 Purchasing Intentions Survey. Subscribers were contacted by email and invited to participate. For this 2009 survey,…

Virtualization in the real world

Wai-Kit — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:47:37 +0000

One of the benefits of virtualization technology is to enable rapid provisioning of a new operating system virtual environment. With this ease and rapid speed which new virtual environment can…

Monitoring Operational health in a Virtualized Environment

Wai-Kit — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:49:38 +0000

Virtualization technologies are becoming more advanced today and their adoption are growing. Increasingly, IT services are being delivered using virtualization technologies to derive higher cost efficiency and optimization. In the…

Transforming IT through Infrastructure Consolidation

Wai-Kit — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:52:14 +0000

I have just published an article on the definition of Infrastructure Consolidation, business drivers, key success factors, inhibitors, and recommended approach in such a project. The way I view such…

Asia Pacific’s IT spend

Wai-Kit — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:51:57 +0000

A recent report from Forrester, which surveyed 774 senior IT executives at enterprises with more than 500 employees across ANZ, Japan, South Korea, India, China, Singapore and Vietnam, shows that…

a brief history of ITIL

Wai-Kit — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:14:57 +0000

I have observed in quite a few publications and remarks that refers to ITIL as a “standard“.

In actual fact, IT Infrastructure Library® (ITIL) is…