IT I&O organization is dead! Reflections from Gartner IT infrastructure, Operations & Cloud strategies conference
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December 25, 2018
Recently I was at the Gartner IT Infrastructure conference in Las Vegas. Like any other Gartner conference, this conference had all the bells & whistles with keynotes speakers, lots of breakout sessions, vendor booths and a perfect location! And yes! Gartner’s famous predictions on the future of IT infrastructure. The key theme was how I&O organizations need to change to meet today’s business demand. In this article, I am summarizing Gartner’s key call out’s and my reflections from the same.
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Tags: Innovation, IoT, Management
What's around the curve for cloud computing?
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October 30, 2018
As an IT professional you are always looking to understand what’s next around the curve especially when it comes down to emerging technology. While many times it’s a big bend like AI/ML, other times it is not a big change but an incremental change to an existing technology. Cloud is one such area where every year there are more bends which one needs to learn to keep up with this fast-moving technology. So, what’s around the curve as we look into FY19 and beyond? We have already seen an expansion of companies offering public cloud services. While AWS was the big bend, there are many others today providing public cloud services and many new will continue to emerge or merge e.g the recent IBM/Redhat merger. With the emergence of many new cloud players, we have seen an emergence of multi-cloud strategy and the ability of the consumer to move from one cloud to another, A long requirement to avoid vendor lock-in. Over the past few years, we have also seen increments in the offerings provided by cloud providers.
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Tags: Cloud, Emerging Technology, Innovation, IoT
A CEO is mortal, however, can the company become immortal?
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August 14, 2018
We know humans are mortal, but can the companies being run by humans become immortal? What it takes for a company to continue to be successful despite the change in hands of the humans running the company? Why do some companies perish after a few years while other flourishes from one generation to another generation? Hudson Bay, the department store in Canada was founded in 1670 and continues to operate its store today. Nishiyama Onsen Keuinkan, a hot springs resort in Japan was established in 705 and has been managed by the same family for over 52 generations!.
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Tags: Customer Experience, Innovation, Management, Marketing
The AI Train - Are you onboard?
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June 19, 2018
Pick up any technology newspaper or magazine, one emerging technology which everyone is excited about these days is the use of AI/ML. Both local media and internet in on fire on how this technology is changing the world around us and how machines will rule the future. So why is everyone suddenly talking about this technology? Is this another market hype which is going to die down in a couple of years? What is fueling the adoption? Which business problems can be solved by using AI/ML ? Is the technology plug and play or requires a substantial investment of both capital and human resources?
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So, you want to create next Tesla!?
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May 01, 2018
If you happen to talk to any CEO’s and ask them what is that one thing they wish their team to do more? Almost everyone will say “Innovate”. Most of them are thinking how to come up with a product or a service which can disrupt entire industry much like what Tesla has done to the car industry. In most of the company meetings, there is always a slide which shows how companies like Netflix, Starbucks, Uber, Airbnb, etc. have taken innovation to the next level followed by a next slide that shows how can they can be the next UBER! We all want our employees to innovate and come up with ideas, yet, only 9% of the companies have really seen sustainable innovation within their organizations.
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Tags: Innovation, Startups, Marketing
