The Devil's Guide to iT™ » business as usual http://devilsguidetoit.com making iT simpler Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:10:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 mind the gap http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/mind-the-gap/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/mind-the-gap/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:17:10 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=6292 Your business systems may be world-class, robust and powerful. But their usefulness will be diminished if are unable to exploit the systems effectively. That’s when mistakes happen, sometimes very costly too. New projects may well make adequate provision for training are unable to exploit the systems effectively. That’s when mistakes happen, sometimes very costly too. New projects may well make adequate provision for training : users, managers and technicians. But a few months down the line, people have changed jobs or left the company. How will their successors learn the systems and who will pay for their training? :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/mind-the-gap/feed/ 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 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 [...]]]> 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 strongest systems have points of weakness. :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/points-of-weakness/feed/ 0 vendor driven churn during hard times http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/red-sky-at-night/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/red-sky-at-night/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:18:13 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5401 When times are tough iT purchasers reduce their spending, by cancelling or postponing investments until the economic climate improves. A simple survival strategy for those who use and buy iT but a portent of doom for those who make, sell and run iT. However, when the flow of new sales dries up, iT vendors [...]]]> When times are tough iT purchasers reduce their spending, by cancelling or postponing investments until the economic climate improves. A simple survival strategy for those who use and buy iT but a portent of doom for those who make, sell and run iT. However, when the flow of new sales dries up, iT vendors have a powerful tool in their armoury – they can stimulate their turgid revenue streams by setting a ‘sunset’ date: withdrawing support for older products, squeezing their installed userbase of customers into spending money in hard times. :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/red-sky-at-night/feed/ 0 Sunset dates keep the iT world moving forward http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/sunset-dates-keep-the-it-world-moving-forward/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/sunset-dates-keep-the-it-world-moving-forward/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:16:56 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5466 Reality: users are forced to spend money when they can least afford it

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