Hope Is Not Enough
Author Profile - Scott Turkow has 8 years of experience in the Enterprise Software space, primarily in Operations and Sales Ops roles. Scott is the Senior Operations Manager at Integrien Corporation, the leading intelligent systems management company that enables the predictable operation of mission critical applications. Prior to Integrien, Scott was with the Resource Management Software Group of EMC, which focused on the development and sale of automated network management products. A tri-athlete in training, Scott tries to be outdoors when he’s unshackled from his computer.
April 17, 2008
What Will They TAX Next?
What Will They TAX Next?
For years, many organizations have been over-investing in IT assets and then wondering where the biggest chunk of the budget goes? I’m an IT tax professional (Suze Orman has nothing on me), so here’s a free tax tip that falls into the “overlooked deduction” department – it’s the “labor tax”, silly. And not necessarily in terms of headcount, but the manual effort tied to tasks that can, and should, be automated.
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March 19, 2008
What’s Luck got to do with it?
Q: What’s Luck got to do with (preventing data center catastrophe)?
IT has become far too complex for old defensive methods of collecting and monitoring. System interdependencies, not individual component failures, are the primary threat to enterprise IT performance and availability. Tools that look at the business service holistically and utilize sophisticated, real-time analytics to forecast possible problem areas provide the best opportunity to become truly proactive. While luck may help you draw that inside straight during your weekly poker games, it has no place in Business Service Management.
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February 28, 2008
Hope Is Not Enough
What would you do if your company’s most vital business service went down?
If you’re an avid reader of LoveMyTool, you would know that the right answer is to stop and think. You should have long realized your IT environment is not a simple plug-and-play shop. You should already be award that IT complexity continues to compound and you need to find a new approach to managing critical business services.
But if you don't, this article might convince you.
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