Comments for IT's Evolutionary Transition http://timcrawford.org Driving toward the true value of Information Technology Fri, 18 May 2012 06:10:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Tracelytics Heats Up Cloud-based APM by dianahoward2012 http://timcrawford.org/2012/05/07/tracelytics-heats-up-cloud-based-apm/#comment-79 Fri, 18 May 2012 06:10:27 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=613#comment-79 This is a really great blog. I learned a lot about Cloud Computing Services.

]]> Comment on Shadow IT is a Good Thing for IT Organizations by Tim Crawford http://timcrawford.org/2012/05/04/shadow-it-is-a-good-thing-for-it-organizations/#comment-78 Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:01 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=610#comment-78 Thanks for the comment! I agree with the comment about us-vs-them. We (IT) need to talk and act like a true, fellow business organization. The differentiation might have served us well in the past. But it won’t have the same positive impact in the future.

As for Shadow IT, I don’t look at it as a negative term. We’ve used the term job shadowing for a long time. It’s a parallel effort to accomplish an objective.

]]> Comment on Shadow IT is a Good Thing for IT Organizations by peltierd http://timcrawford.org/2012/05/04/shadow-it-is-a-good-thing-for-it-organizations/#comment-76 Tue, 08 May 2012 22:24:09 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=610#comment-76 I agree, this is a turning point. A few thoughts to add:
1) Here, we dubbed this “decentralized” IT. Less sexy a term, to be sure, but “shadow” implies something slightly nefarious and trying to remain concealed. Perhaps that’s true in some orgs, but my experience is that those groups managing their own are more than happy – sometimes proud – to show off what they’ve done. I think they would react negatively if we call them “shadow”.
2) As a professional in this space, I struggle daily with the us-vs-them terminology of “IT” and “Business”. I believe it creates organizational and behavioral walls that
I would love to see technologists adopt language which abandon the term “Business”.
3) I propose that “Shadow IT” is simply “technology where it happens”, and that perhaps the future of centralized IT is to be *stewards*, rather than owners, of best practices, compliance, interoperability, security, etc.-

]]> Comment on The Difference Between CoIT and BYOD: And the Impact for IT by Gaining Entry to the Enterprise via the Consumer Trojan Horse « IT's Evolutionary Transition http://timcrawford.org/2012/02/10/the-difference-between-coit-and-byod-and-the-impact-for-it/#comment-73 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:50:22 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=564#comment-73 [...] http://timcrawford.org/2012/02/10/the-difference-between-coit-and-byod-and-the-impact-for-it/ [...]

]]> Comment on The Future Data Center Is… by Data Center Ownership – Stop worrying about food and shelter start thinking about decorating « SwitchScribe http://timcrawford.org/2012/04/25/the-future-data-center-is/#comment-72 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:49:57 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=595#comment-72 [...] Tim Crawfords blog: The Future of the Data Center is [...]

]]> Comment on The Difference Between CoIT and BYOD: And the Impact for IT by Can IT even keep up with BYOD? | Framehawk Inc. http://timcrawford.org/2012/02/10/the-difference-between-coit-and-byod-and-the-impact-for-it/#comment-69 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:41:51 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=564#comment-69 [...] impetus behind BYOD is noble.  BYOD stemmed from the move toward the consumerization of IT (which, as Kevin Fogarty pointed out in IT World, can lead to some weird device and laptop fashion [...]

]]> Comment on What the CIO Needs to Know About BYOD by The Difference Between CoIT and BYOD: And the Impact for IT « IT's Evolutionary Transition http://timcrawford.org/2012/01/10/what-the-cio-needs-to-know-about-byod/#comment-58 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:54:19 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=504#comment-58 [...] http://timcrawford.org/2012/01/10/what-the-cio-needs-to-know-about-byod/ [...]

]]> Comment on Leveling the Playing Field for the Startup and SMB by Cloud Computing for SMB: 2012 Update « IT's Evolutionary Transition http://timcrawford.org/2010/06/05/leveling-the-playing-field-for-the-startup-and-smb/#comment-53 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:39:28 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=336#comment-53 [...] http://timcrawford.org/2010/06/05/leveling-the-playing-field-for-the-startup-and-smb/ [...]

]]> Comment on What the CIO Needs to Know About BYOD by Tim Crawford http://timcrawford.org/2012/01/10/what-the-cio-needs-to-know-about-byod/#comment-51 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:52:45 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=504#comment-51 Thanks Spencer!

]]> Comment on What the CIO Needs to Know About BYOD by BYOD in quotes, 20 januari 2012 « Bring your own device http://timcrawford.org/2012/01/10/what-the-cio-needs-to-know-about-byod/#comment-49 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:08:24 +0000 http://timcrawford.org/?p=504#comment-49 [...] BYOD presents a significant cultural shift for the CIO and their organization. On one hand, it presents increased complexity to management of data. On the other hand, it improves flexibility, capital exposure and employee moral. Even with the challenges, there are tools available today to manage BYOD effectively. In addition, organizational culture changes are needed to understand and engage a BYOD model within the company. BYOD is just one of many significant shifts in the IT world today…with many more to come. Tim Crawford [...]

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