IT Resilience

Analytics have become an inseparable part of our day-to-day lives with weather forecast and navigation systems. What’s making analytics so powerful and useful is the evolution from descriptive analytics to predictive and prescriptive analytics. Learn how it is also becoming an indispensable part the IT Operations tool set.

2015 was a fruitful year for us. We published dozens of content pieces such as blog posts, Surveys, eBooks and infographics we hope you liked. Check out what other users and readers found most useful in 2015.

IT organizations are undergoing a significant transformation ever since virtualization has become a central part of IT operations. The majority of enterprises are heavily virtualized but at the same time, a growing percentage have multiple virtualization technology silos, each managed with its own administrative solutions and skills, increasing operational cost and complexity. So what can enterprises do to keep their virtualization infrastructure resilient?

As we are all witnessing how self-driving cars become a reality, IT teams may find some lessons that can already be learned from the autonomous vehicle in their automation plans.

Configuration drift is one of these things that you know and fear, yet most of us say that there is not much we can do about it, so we need to learn to live with it. But do we? Maybe there is something we can do to avoid configuration drifts after all?

Moving all or a portion of IT operations into the hands of a Managed Service Provider (MSP) can help certain organizations save time and money, but some IT executives are concerned it could lead to loss of visibility and control. What should you know before you make the outsourcing decision?

Most of you have probably read Stephen Covey’s top-seller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. But how do these principles apply to the specific challenges IT executives face today? Read my variations on the original habits.

Analyzing and solving past events is obviously important, but not enough in today’s fast moving IT environment. Being able to predict how changes in your current state would impact the future in terms of operational stability and availability becomes even more critical. Are you concentrated on solving yesterday’s problems?

In the days of Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), offering 99.999% reliability was a common thing by the phone company. But do you think that “five nines” availability is still a realistic expectation in today’s environment?

Yesterday, United Airlines, the NY Stock Exchange, and the Wall Street Journal experienced outages that were very public, prolonged, and painful. So what should United, NYSE, WSJ do next? Even more importantly, what should you do?