This is the age of IT savvy business executives. they have a keen insight into the benefits and pitfalls of IT.
This crop of Business executives constantly challenge the IT departments/CIO's on both merit and value of implemented technologies.
The recent downturn has further increased the scrutiny in to the exact spend and benefits of IT investments.
This resulted in a significant reduction of spend on Big ticket/Big Toys(Large SMP servers, Storage and Network Overhauls) and Growth oriented Buzzword deployments(BI/CRM etc).
The New Mantra for CIO's is to plan and execute growth oriented projects with S.A.M.E (Simple, Agile, Mobile, Efficient) and Greener IT :
Simple – CIO's are looking for simpler more transparent closed ended deployments of software and hardware infrastructure at a predictable cost. This driving the adoption XaaS - (X as a Service -SaaS-Software, PaaS-Platform, IaaS - Infrastructure etc) in the Enterprise.
Agile- The Projects generating unique Intellectual Property are increasingly being orchestrated from a mashup of cloud based services, Proprietary and open-source software .
The Projects are typically of short time frame preferably using SOA (Services Oriented Architecture) With Agile development techniques
Mobile- Mobile Devices like Iphone, Blackberry and Android and Netbooks have grown into full fledged compute/access devices with ability to view and edit data from standard office applications. The new class of Rich Internet applications are increasingly mobile aware.
CIO's are compelled to provide not just email but richer workflow functionality along with related documents on the Mobile devices.
Efficient- Efficiency is the new buzzword for both technology providers and the CIO's. Apart from Classic VMWARE based Efficiency mantras, There are efficiency bounties from storage technology providers like Netapp and Symantec using concepts like thin provisioning, de-duplication and archiving techniques.
The Network Virtualization from Cisco (Nexus 1000v and VN-link) and New players like Xsigo are banking 10 GigE and Converged ethernet standards to tout the benefits against classic Fibre channel and Gigabit Ethernet networks
Greener IT – The early adoption of power, cooling and space efficiency were driven by eco conscious CIO's.
The Technology trends due to the physical barriers have ended the Ghz race for processor design and resulted in power efficient scale out multi-core processor designs.
Small Form factor SAS/SATA Hard drives and Flash based storage are helping the power efficiency of storage subsystems
Server vendors are touting Blade technologies and skinless servers to drive extreme scalability and Private cloud/grid like deployments in the enterprise space.
Network and Security Technology Providers like Juniper, Fortinet and Cisco are Providing Multi-tenancy for Both Core, Edge and Application Network services. this helps to drive the power, space and cooling efficiencies of networking devices.
The introduction newer more efficient remote desktop access protocols with multimedia capabilities, security benefits and power efficiency are increasing the relevance of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure from Task work environments into mainstream enterprise workplace.
The Innovations in software like Application Servers and Federated/Grid based database technologies based on Multi-threading and Paralellization approaches are reducing the need for powerful scale-up requirements for the servers. This in turn contributes to greener IT.
In conclusion, In the post recession new world, The Greener IT has become mainstream requirement and the Focus on growth oriented projects for the CIO's is the SAME.
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This crop of Business executives constantly challenge the IT departments/CIO's on both merit and value of implemented technologies.
The recent downturn has further increased the scrutiny in to the exact spend and benefits of IT investments.
This resulted in a significant reduction of spend on Big ticket/Big Toys(Large SMP servers, Storage and Network Overhauls) and Growth oriented Buzzword deployments(BI/CRM etc).
The New Mantra for CIO's is to plan and execute growth oriented projects with S.A.M.E (Simple, Agile, Mobile, Efficient) and Greener IT :
Simple – CIO's are looking for simpler more transparent closed ended deployments of software and hardware infrastructure at a predictable cost. This driving the adoption XaaS - (X as a Service -SaaS-Software, PaaS-Platform, IaaS - Infrastructure etc) in the Enterprise.
Agile- The Projects generating unique Intellectual Property are increasingly being orchestrated from a mashup of cloud based services, Proprietary and open-source software .
The Projects are typically of short time frame preferably using SOA (Services Oriented Architecture) With Agile development techniques
Mobile- Mobile Devices like Iphone, Blackberry and Android and Netbooks have grown into full fledged compute/access devices with ability to view and edit data from standard office applications. The new class of Rich Internet applications are increasingly mobile aware.
CIO's are compelled to provide not just email but richer workflow functionality along with related documents on the Mobile devices.
Efficient- Efficiency is the new buzzword for both technology providers and the CIO's. Apart from Classic VMWARE based Efficiency mantras, There are efficiency bounties from storage technology providers like Netapp and Symantec using concepts like thin provisioning, de-duplication and archiving techniques.
The Network Virtualization from Cisco (Nexus 1000v and VN-link) and New players like Xsigo are banking 10 GigE and Converged ethernet standards to tout the benefits against classic Fibre channel and Gigabit Ethernet networks
Greener IT – The early adoption of power, cooling and space efficiency were driven by eco conscious CIO's.
The Technology trends due to the physical barriers have ended the Ghz race for processor design and resulted in power efficient scale out multi-core processor designs.
Small Form factor SAS/SATA Hard drives and Flash based storage are helping the power efficiency of storage subsystems
Server vendors are touting Blade technologies and skinless servers to drive extreme scalability and Private cloud/grid like deployments in the enterprise space.
Network and Security Technology Providers like Juniper, Fortinet and Cisco are Providing Multi-tenancy for Both Core, Edge and Application Network services. this helps to drive the power, space and cooling efficiencies of networking devices.
The introduction newer more efficient remote desktop access protocols with multimedia capabilities, security benefits and power efficiency are increasing the relevance of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure from Task work environments into mainstream enterprise workplace.
The Innovations in software like Application Servers and Federated/Grid based database technologies based on Multi-threading and Paralellization approaches are reducing the need for powerful scale-up requirements for the servers. This in turn contributes to greener IT.
In conclusion, In the post recession new world, The Greener IT has become mainstream requirement and the Focus on growth oriented projects for the CIO's is the SAME.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ramkaran
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