Tag: IT
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Link: Microsoft gets serious about monitoring
“Microsoft’s vision is to deliver tools that can offer a holistic view of services to application architects looking to optimize their software; performance information and debugging capabilities for DevOps and ops pros; insight into KPIs for executives; and information about customer usage to product owners. Microsoft doesn’t yet have a cohesive offering for all of…
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Link: Private cloud TCO and such, from 451
“private cloud can be a less expensive option for enterprises than public cloud. Forty-one percent of 150 IT decision-makers surveyed in February 2017 as part of a custom 451 Research project for VMware claimed to be operating their own private clouds at lower unit costs than public cloud.” Link to original
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Link: Google Cloud Platform services engage corporate IT
Overview of 2017 stuff that enterprises might like. Link to original
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Fixing government procurement one process at a time
Part of the problem, according to the General Services Administration’s Bill Zielinski, is that many agencies still try to scope out modernization projects with highly specific technical requirements. “We define not only the business outcome that we’re trying to achieve,” Zielinski said at the FCW-hosted IT modernization event, “but we have that tendency to say,…
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Coders work from home more often than those in other jobs
In 2015, an estimated 300,000 full-time employees in computer science jobs worked from home in the US. (This figure also includes related professions such as actuaries and statisticians, but the vast majority are programmers.) Although not the largest group of remote employees in absolute numbers, that’s about 8% of all programmers, which is a significantly…
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White men to women and minorities in tech: We just DGAF
Less than 5% of white men surveyed said they considered a lack of diversity a top problem. Three-out-of-four respondents were unaware of any initiatives to make their companies or portfolios more diverse. And 40% of male respondents were sick of the media going on and on about it. Meanwhile, in political land: the more privileged…
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Automation at Goldman, The Computer takes out four people
Today, nearly 45 percent of trading is done electronically, according to Coalition, a U.K. firm that tracks the industry. Pay: Average compensation for staff in sales, trading, and research at the 12 largest global investment banks, of which Goldman is one, is $500,000 in salary and bonus, according to Coalition. Seventy-five percent of Wall Street…
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Global IT spend at $2.4 trillion in 2017, 3.5% growth, IDC
Worldwide revenues for information technology (IT) products and services are forecast to reach nearly $2.4 trillion in 2017, an increase of 3.5% over 2016. In a newly published update to the Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Industry and Company Size , International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that global IT spending will grow to nearly $2.65…
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Coté Memo #16 – Outsourcing & DevOps, Lovecraft, 38% DevOps penetration
Fall is finally coming to Austin, which means it’s nice and cool. With a long lull in travel, I’ve been working on a second edition of my “cloud native journey” PDF. See a fragment of it below, on outsourcing. Meanwhile, I’m reading through the DevOps Handbook to write a review. Outsourcing and DevOps, it’s a…
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Link: 2016: the year IT sales will go sdrawkcaB • The Register
$2.3T estimated for global IT spend in 2016, with the US seeing the most growth, 1% in Western Europe, and growth slowdowns in India and China. Source: 2016: the year IT sales will go sdrawkcaB • The Register
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Link: Don’t make the mistake of thinking the CIO is irrelevant – TechRepublic
“The world isn’t about to end, however. Yes, Forrester reveals in its “Understanding Shifting Technology Acquisition Patterns” research note that lines of business are taking on a greater role in technology purchasing, removing IT from the purchasing process in 6.3% of new technology purchases in 2013, rising to 7.2% in 2015, while IT-only purchases will…
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Link: IBM’s Steve Mills retires
40 years at IBM, straight out of college. He built up the software group, then ended up managing hardware was well: the article says he was running $40bn of business for IBM. Also, he was an awesome interlocutor at analyst events: a fun character on the drama of the IT industry! Source: IBM’s Steve Mills…
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Link: PCs: 3Q15 Update from IDC
“Worldwide PC shipments totaled 70.7 million units in 3Q15, up 8.6% sequentially but down 11.1% from the previous year.” Source: PCs: 3Q15 Update from IDC
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Link: Gartner Survey Reveals Western European Employees View IT as a Technical Resource, Not a Digital Advisor
While employees are feeling more and more computer literate, they’re valuing the IT department less. Once again, IT has to reestablish itself as a source of innovation instead of cost-cutting, light-bulb illuminators. “Keep moving and get out of the way,” and all that. n=” online survey gathered data from 1,000 employees in Western Europe from…
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Coté Memo #078: Spiceworld 2015, Spiceworks Momentum, Enterprise Use, and DevOps
Tech & Work World I was at Spiceworld, briefly, last week. This is Spiceworks’ big user, annual conference in Austin; they have one in London as well. I’ve followed Spiceworks for many years (from RedMonk to 451 Research) and have always liked their IT management approach: their business model is to be the Facebook of…
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The 7 “Deadly” Wastes That Could Cost Your Company
The 7 “Deadly” Wastes That Could Cost Your Company
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Global SMB IT spend heading towards $600 billion
“It predicts that global SMB IT spend – defined as firms with between one and 999 employees – could reach $597 billion this year, equating to an average of $700 per full-time employees and just over $8,000 per SMB business.” Global SMB IT spend heading towards $600 billion
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The new industry analysts, again
Never mind journalism, it’s industry analysts who are being disrupted. I keep coming across a new crop of IT industry analysts who end up getting compared incorrectly to journalists. It’s little wonder as most people have little idea what an industry analyst does; it’s not like analysts, hidden behind their austere paywalls, help much there.…
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Coté Memo #063: Working at Pivotal and Yak shaving
Follow-up In reponse to the analyst access commentary from last time, a reader wrote in: Are you familiar with Securosis? They’re a security-only analyst firm. Their business model is pretty different – everything they publish is free, and make money through sponsorship and inquiries etc. They have a model they call totally transparent research. I…
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Business as usual is the only way rigid organisations can operate; workers are shown only what to do, but not why they do it. They are not paid to make value judgements; in fact they are forbidden to do so. When circumstances change, someone with a bit of wisdom would recognise the fact and perhaps…
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