Thought Leadership

The below BrightTALK presentations performed as Thought Leader would give a good end to end perspective of how to proceed:

Get your IT Service Strategy Right! http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/23630
Leverage Strategy with IT and demonstrate IT contribution to business objectives http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/22934
Get service oriented or outsourced! http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/21389
Cloud Computing: Fluff or Lightening http://www.brighttalk.com/community/it-service-management/webcast/21892

CIO Insight

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Would it not be time for the IT Department to step up as a full fledged business partner that focus on strategy execution with technology and earn the CIO a seat at the executive (round) table

April 2, 2011
By Martin Palmgren

For the IT Department to become a full fledged business partner with the means (and the ends) to deliver to the business strategy together with the professsions (business lines) we need to instore Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with Cost, Consumption and Chargeback as point of departure (to ensure the necessary means and ends)....

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How much of a black hole (that is how broken) is your outsourcing / cloudsourcing operation?

April 1, 2011
By Martin Palmgren

The cornerstone for an effective outsourcing (cloudsourcing) operation is Total Cost of Ownership with Cost, Consumption Chargeback (see Cloud Computing: Fluff or Lightening http://www.brighttalk.com/community/it-service-management/webcast/21892 ) together with the ability to follow up on activity (tickets) to ensure that Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) and Operational Level Agreements (OLA’s) are met. Not only are most outsourcing...

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EA must provide standard and guidance to Enterprise Solution Framework and Shared Infrastructure

March 2, 2011
By Martin Palmgren

Contribution by Daud Santosa, Chief Technology Officer at Department of the Interior – National Business Center, http://www.linkedin.com/in/dsantosa Today, there are  so many EA frameworks that many practioners are very familiar with one or more of the following frameworks: TOGAF, DODAF, FEAF, Zach man, etc.  All of these frameworks have some commonalities which provide guidance’s...

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ITIL + VALIT+ COBIT + RISKIT + CMMI leveraged with EA= Effective Business (IT) Governance

February 26, 2011
By Martin Palmgren

Business strategy executed with effective processes (industrialised with IT when needed) and leveraged by a coherent IT Service Strategy make common sense. An EA defined as such that support the execution of business strategy with IT should hence make perfect sense. Governance, Risk, Compliance and IT alignment with the business as Programme Portfolio Management ...

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EA Does not matter!

February 20, 2011
By Martin Palmgren

But a business strategy executed with effective processes (industrialised with IT when needed) and leveraged by a coherent IT Service Strategy make common sense! See http://pscommunicate.com/blog/2011/02/26/itil-valit-cobit-riskit-cmmi-leveraged-with-ea-effective-business-it-governance/ We all know that six sigma was invented by Motorola, what few of us know is that six sigma almost put Motorola as well as 3M out of...

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How to get the CIO in to the Executive Suit(e)!

February 20, 2011
By Martin Palmgren

How effective is your Business (IT) Model? What is often forgotten in the context of Architecture and Governance and alignment to business objectives is that IT is to support the business and the execution of the business strategy. The “usual suspects” standards represent the capability to deliver services to the business and the ability...

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With an effective IT Business Model!

February 19, 2011
By Martin Palmgren

“Deliver IT services to the business through an Effective IT Business Model”

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Connect the dots!

February 19, 2011
By Martin Palmgren

An effective Business (IT) Strategy should cover both the “IT Business Model” and the “IT Value Proposition” and deliver to business priorities.

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