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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…

Telcos turning into Cloud Service Providers

Wai-Kit — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:46:01 +0000

Over the past years, Telecom carriers and service providers have suffered economic pressures, competition, churn and declining revenue. As they grapple to find ways to improve their ARPU from their…

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…

Governance beyond Uncertainty

Wai-Kit — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:18:35 +0000

I had the privilege to join Sun’s Chief Privacy Officer, who is also our Chief Governance Officer for Cloud Computing, in meetings with some government InfoComm authority folks. The subject…

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,…

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…

Cloud Computing: The big picture

Wai-Kit — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:48:25 +0000

McKinsey recently reported that there were at least 22 different cloud definitions in common use.

I believe Cloud Computing is probably the most hyped and misused term in this decade.…

Business Analytics = Competitive Edge

Wai-Kit — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:50:48 +0000

On April 2009, IBM(NYSE: IBM) announced a new service line within their Global Business Services unit, in what is known as IBM Business Analytics and Optimization Services.…