The Devil's Guide to iT™ » outsourcing http://devilsguidetoit.com making iT simpler Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:10:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 our old iT management models are still good http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/our-old-it-management-models-are-still-good/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/our-old-it-management-models-are-still-good/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 18:27:22 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5266 Reality: right-sourced iT needs a whole new management mind-set

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/our-old-it-management-models-are-still-good/feed/ 0 get me my broker http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/get-me-my-broker/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/get-me-my-broker/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 21:24:44 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=4711 The old Command and Control model of iT management, with an army of dedicated professionals arrayed neatly in ranks, is desperately outdated in the world of right-sourced iT, where services are delivered through a complex matrix of providers. This new order needs a new management model to get the best out of your iT [...]]]> The old Command and Control model of iT management, with an army of dedicated professionals arrayed neatly in ranks, is desperately outdated in the world of right-sourced iT, where services are delivered through a complex matrix of providers. This new order needs a new management model to get the best out of your iT and, just like a stock-broker helps clients manage their financial investments to best effect, an iT Service Broker should be a wheeler-dealer who knows the market inside out – and the product landscape too. :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/outsourcing-is-the-quickest-way-to-fix-it/feed/ 0 The grass is not greener, just a different colour http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-grass-is-not-greener-just-a-different-colour/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-grass-is-not-greener-just-a-different-colour/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:06:27 +0000 Matt Buck http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=4035 Getting someone else to run iT has been a very attractive option for many organizations, frustrated by unexpected cost and disappointment from their own efforts. The prospect of freeing valuable management attention to concentrate on ‘core business’ can be compelling. But the reality is that outsourcing often simply transforms familiar iT management problems into [...]]]> Getting someone else to run iT has been a very attractive option for many organizations, frustrated by unexpected cost and disappointment from their own efforts. The prospect of freeing valuable management attention to concentrate on ‘core business’ can be compelling. But the reality is that outsourcing often simply transforms familiar iT management problems into new ‘resource challenges.’ :twisted:
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