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IT in a cold climate Priorities and plans Jon Collins, Managing Director Freeform Dynamics Ltd

www.freeformdynamics.com. IT in a cold climate Priorities and plans Jon Collins, Managing Director Freeform Dynamics Ltd jon@freeformdynamics.com January 2010. Responding to the downturn What’s technology bringing? Taking things from here. Agenda. How to respond to the downturn?.

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IT in a cold climate Priorities and plans Jon Collins, Managing Director Freeform Dynamics Ltd

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  1. www.freeformdynamics.com IT in a cold climate Priorities and plans Jon Collins, Managing Director Freeform Dynamics Ltd jon@freeformdynamics.com January 2010

  2. Responding to the downturn What’s technology bringing? Taking things from here Agenda

  3. How to respond to the downturn? Economic pressure IT DEPT RESPONSE

  4. Not (just) about cost – example: Windows 7 When do you see your organisation starting to deploy Windows 7?

  5. IT may not be broken, but it needs maintaining Effectiveness Effective Partially effective Ineffective Over time, key change events impact effectiveness

  6. Meanwhile, some things continue to go up... What business drivers are having the most impact on how you architect and operate your server estate?

  7. What’s technology bringing? • Infrastructure stuff • Virtualisation of servers, storage, desktops... • Convergence through 10 Gig Ethernet • Service-based delivery and cloud • User-facing stuff • Collaboration and information sharing • Unified communications and VoIP • Information management and BI

  8. The two-edged sword of virtualisation Have you faced any of the following challenges with your server consolidation activities?

  9. Adopters starting to appreciate architectural impact VIRTUALISED SERVER SERVER 1 SERVER 2 SERVER 3 WORKLOAD 1 WORKLOAD 2 WORKLOAD 3 INTERFACE STORAGE A STORAGE B STORAGE C STORAGE A STORAGE B STORAGE C

  10. Network convergence is means to end

  11. Meanwhile, what about Cloud?

  12. Limited uptake of ‘real’ UC today... But ‘aggressive’ adopters seeing significant benefits

  13. Early days for information management How well are your needs actually being met in the following areas?

  14. Taking things from here SERVICES • What have we learned? First, get the platform right • Efficiency before effectiveness • Familiar trade-offs • Know what to leave out • Shooting the dogs INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

  15. INCREASED EFFECTIVENESS INCREASED EFFICIENCY Efficiency before effectiveness IT as differentiator IT as foundation Making a real difference to business Making everything “just work” IT as bottleneck

  16. Familiar trade-offs BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS

  17. What to leave out? Average outsourcing index by Senior Management view of IT

  18. Shooting the dogs Good Improve Maintain Fit with service requirements Bad Transform Kill Non-differentiating Differentiating Business value of application

  19. Governance is not a dirty word – it’s about making informed, open decisions Know what you have Know what “they” do Know what they want Know what is possible Know what you are doing Know the constraints and risks Reduce waste, look for value Prioritisation is key Where to start? Beer mat IT

  20. OK, one more snow picture…

  21. www.freeformdynamics.com IT in a cold climate Priorities and plans Jon Collins, Managing Director Freeform Dynamics Ltd jon@freeformdynamics.com January 2010

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