The Devil's Guide to iT™ http://devilsguidetoit.com making iT simpler Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:49:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Our systems are completely resilient http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/our-systems-are-completely-resilient/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/our-systems-are-completely-resilient/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:21:21 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5804 Reality: resilience does not mean unbreakable

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/our-systems-are-completely-resilient/feed/ 0 We control our vendor/product strategy http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/we-control-our-vendorproduct-strategy/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/we-control-our-vendorproduct-strategy/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:18:23 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5801 Reality: the marketplace drives vendor consolidation

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/we-control-our-vendorproduct-strategy/feed/ 0 points of weakness http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/points-of-weakness/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/points-of-weakness/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:12:35 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5724 We invest a great deal of time, money and effort into making our iT systems as resilient as possible. And yet, no matter how strong we make our fortresses, our business systems are still at from the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune because even the

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/points-of-weakness/feed/ 0 beware of the empire builders http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/beware-of-the-empire-builders/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/beware-of-the-empire-builders/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:36:50 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5677 We like to think that we are in control of our iT strategy, carefully choosing our products, vendors and providers to fulfil our Grand Designs. But there can be Hell to pay when our well-planned roadmaps are threatened by the sudden merger or acquisition of a key vendor or provider. That’s when we discover that

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/beware-of-the-empire-builders/feed/ 0 customer and vendor partnerships http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/customer-and-vendor-partnerships/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/customer-and-vendor-partnerships/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:17:59 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5682 If there is no on either side, or if all of the is on one side, an agreement can’t be a partnership – it’s just procurement.

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