IT shops that choose their "religious" idols of technology and don't consider the full ramifications of their choices (costs!), will eventually pay another high price - their jobs. You always have to be looking to do more with less (budget). Let's take Virtualization for example - MS Hyper-V vs VMware.
Hyper-V was the choice a few years ago because it did 80+% of what you needed it to do, but the anti-MS mindset helped to keep the VMware machine humming. Now, the writing is on the the wall with Server 2012. Do the math. Don't be silly. If you are a manager and you are listening to your IT staff that got all their certifications in VMware and don't want to move to because "VMware rules!". You better start teaching your staff about being a bit more agnostic and doing what is right. If not, your company will lose strategic advantage because others will do more with less, better than you.... Now that functionality/features/performance has parity, it is about cost. Why pay to virtualize now, when it comes with Server 2012.
Keep it positive!
Scott Arnett
scott.arnett@charter.net
About Me
- Scott Arnett
- Scott Arnett is an Information Technology & Security Professional Executive with over 30 years experience in IT. Scott has worked in various industries such as health care, insurance, manufacturing, broadcast, printing, and consulting and in enterprises ranging in size from $50M to $20B in revenue. Scott’s experience encompasses the following areas of specialization: Leadership, Strategy, Architecture, Business Partnership & Acumen, Process Management, Infrastructure and Security. With his broad understanding of technology and his ability to communicate successfully with both Executives and Technical Specialists, Scott has been consistently recognized as someone who not only can "Connect the Dots", but who can also create a workable solution. Scott is equally comfortable playing technical, project management/leadership and organizational leadership roles through experience gained throughout his career. Scott has previously acted in the role of CIO, CTO, and VP of IT, successfully built 9 data centers across the country, and is expert in understanding ITIL, PCI Compliance, SOX, HIPAA, FERPA, FRCP and COBIT.
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