The subtitle of this post was going to be “Why you should never read the comments: Late last week I read a well-written article about yet another IT project ending up in a legal dispute. I call this “Lawyers at 20-pacesâ€. (https://www.itnews.com.au/news/brisbane-city-council-dumps-technologyone-469597)
The purpose of IT in an organisation is to help the organisation achieve output. That output might be widgets manufactured, students enrolled, or even an IT service. To do so there are many people that work together in the machine that we call the IT organisation. Each cog in the… Continue reading
Over the last couple of years I have worked with many different sized companies, from organisations with over ten thousand employees down to businesses as small as a hundred staff. Surprisingly, some of the lessons I have learned in the small end of town may soon prove relevant for those… Continue reading
For anyone that is interested, I am changing employers and starting a new role in early July.  Obviously I think this is a good move for me, otherwise I wouldn’t be doing it. I have felt conflicted in talking about many issues because of the potential for conflict with my… Continue reading
I was reminded recently of the importance of ‘why’. It is a word that gets a bad reputation. Everyone is familiar with the image of a child that repeatedly asks why to everything the parent says. As a parent, I can verify this does happen, just like on television. Credit:… Continue reading
While many established organisations are travelling their own “journey to the cloudâ€, many younger companies will be waiting for them when they arrive. I like to work with organisations with complex IT requirements. You could say that I am a sucker for punishment, but I happen to think I do… Continue reading
IT people spend a lot of time and effort to avoid outages. To do so we buy on redundant everything, run backups and test Disaster Recovery (DR) plans, and follow the change control precesses. I was once in a meeting with an IT infrastructure manager when they explained why they… Continue reading
This post is based on an article I wrote for the internal newsletter while I was working at Quinticon. Thanks to Quinticon’s M.D. Geoff Willson for giving permission to reproduce it here. There are a number of current trends in enterprise IT that I believe are driven by a single… Continue reading
An alternative title would be “who holds the purse strings in smaller IT shops†An interesting side effect of utility computing, where it services are metered and charged based on usage, is that it shift control of IT spend away form management and into the hands of the IT administrator…. Continue reading
I have recently changed my (paying) job, hence the recent pause in postings. Â Of course, with a new employment comes a new contract and a different set of potential conflict of interests. Since early June 2015 I have been working for a company called VMtech. Â The role is largely pre-sales… Continue reading
I am an IT professional with over 17 years of experience designing, deploying and managing complex technology solutions. I have a passion for learning new technology of all types, and proven track record of using this to deliver IT based business outcomes in large enterprise organisations.
All opinions expressed are my own and are frequently in conflict with my employer's.