General Enterprise Architecture Design & Strategy
Sounds like a bit of a tongue twister. But it really is a valid question for each of us to answer when it comes to the important things in life, which for this post, is your current job and career path.
Why are you here and what are you trying to achieve? Are you here to help or to hurt? Are you here for positive change or just a paycheck?
I have been a very busy little bee during 2014:
Thank you to all that supported me, I could not have done it without you!
Scenario: You work for a Service Provider that wants to start offering Public Cloud services. However, your company has no Public Cloud expertise. What is the best way to provide these services with the minimum risk? Continue reading Public Cloud Strategy
Recently I moved to a service provider and for the past few months have been looking at a multi-site, next-generation Private Cloud design and how it will scale over the next 5 to 10 years. This is a high level view of the functional components and how they fit together. Continue reading The Next-Generation Data Center
This is part 6 of the Information Technology Transformation series, detailing the importance of two-way communication (speaking and listening) with your customers and colleagues. If no-one understands “what, why, when and how” you are going to fix things, then they will resist because they do not understand what is going on. This is human nature.
This is part 5 of the Information Technology Transformation series, creating the “Five Year Strategy”. This involves creating the “Tracks” of the “Strategy” and defining the “Projects” that make up each “Track”. Once the “Strategy” is finalised (with priority, timeline and budget), it needs to be approved by Senior Management and then planning and implementation can begin.
Continue reading IT Transformation – Part 5 – The Five Year Strategy
This is part 4 of the Information Technology Transformation series, defining the reference “Target Architecture”. This involves collecting Business Requirements, translating them into “Architectural” technical requirements, creating the “Target Architecture” and then sharing it via summarised Architecture Posters.
Continue reading IT Transformation – Part 4 – The Target Architecture
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