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February 2009 - Posts

So you’ve got an Optimization plan. Now what?

Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 7:51 PM by adhall
The strategy is written. You have a handle on what your current state looks like.  You have an idea of where you want to be.  What do you do next? EXECUTE! Whilst it is critically important to have a strong strategy, and have an honest appraisal Read More...
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Without a Destination, what use are Directions?

Posted Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:54 PM by adhall
I had a conversation with a client this afternoon, one who is undertaking to get control of their somewhat diverse environment. We got to talking about how Microsoft could help them, and about half way through the discussion I happened to ask if they Read More...
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Core Infrastructure Optimization – moving from Basic to Standardized to Rationalized

Posted Saturday, February 14, 2009 12:04 PM by adhall
Something I have had saved in my Draft Blogs for a while now is to post these links to the detailed guidance on how you actually move up the capability model. These documents contain a huge amount of information about what capabilities you will need, Read More...
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Optimization: If you want to lose weight, don’t stop eating!

Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 6:48 PM by adhall
In the current economic turmoil, most organisations are looking to be more ‘economical’ with their finances. Unfortunately this requirement for fiscal responsibility quite often gets interpreted as ‘stop spending all money, reduce staff, cut back anything Read More...
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What does the CIO care about in 2009?

Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:05 PM by adhall
The annual CIO magazine article, published in January 2009 (refer http://computerworld.com.edgesuite.net/cio/pdfs/2009_state_of_the_cio_highlights.pdf ) shows the importance of the goals of the IO Model and the links in my previous post. The article linked Read More...
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Optimization - Connecting Business to IT

Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:30 PM by adhall
One of the hardest things for technical people to learn is how to have a conversation with ‘The Business’.  They speak a whole different language, care about different things, and they just hate ‘getting caught up in the detail’. Well, the optimization Read More...
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VDI is not a fast-track to an Optimized Desktop

Posted Friday, February 06, 2009 7:07 PM by adhall
Let me be very clear.  Implementing a VDI solution will not provide you with an automatic optimized desktop. The reason for this is that an optimized desktop is more than just the running and streaming of full desktop environments.  You need Read More...
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