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(But there’s a lot more work before they can be built) Imagine yourself as a real estate developer. You just bought a large piece of land and eventually want to use it to build and sell houses. These sales will earn you money. But there’s a problem. Your new land is not ready to just …
In achieving digital transformation or higher business value, more and more companies are looking to migrate their businesses into the cloud. The selection of and migration towards a cloud platform is often regarded as a silver bullet to overcome most IT issues that have been experienced in the past. Unfortunately, the platform as such is …
The importance of Service Management in the Cloud Read More »
During the first weekend of the Tour de France 2021 a big debate arose, based on interviews by two of our most experienced Belgian riders. It immediately caught my attention because those interviews perfectly reflect what is happening in the business domain today. Curious? Thomas De Gendt Thomas De Gendt threw the cat amongst the pigeons …
What CxO’s can learn from the Tour de France 2021 Read More »
Companies like Spotify are often referred to as examples of modern IT organizations. Unfortunately modernizing a large, complex enterprise is not as simple as just copying models like these. The basic idea however is the same: how does an IT organization provide more value to the business by bringing technology closer to the customer? Cloud …
Building a Modern Services Oriented Organization – Part 3 Read More »
In the first part of this mini blog series we explored why cloud technology is not just another technology shift. It’s an opportunity to change the role of the traditional IT team. The way Microsoft is visualizing this is by introducing a paradigm shift. From a traditional view of IT as an operations unit to …
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Introducing cloud technology in a large enterprise environment is much more than a technology challenge. In a series of 3 blog posts we will share our experiences and explore some models and ideas on one of the key opportunities our customers see: How do I make most of my cloud investment by setting up an …
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Imagine yourself as a real estate developer. You just bought a large piece of land and eventually want to use it to build and sell houses. These sales will earn you money. But there’s a problem. Your new land is not ready to just start building houses. There’s no plan, there’s no utilities, there’s even …
Cloud journey The major cloud journey service providers have been preaching for years that the way to get started on a cloud journey is to start experimenting. Start with proof-of- concepts, pilots, … The cloud model strategy perfectly lends itself to this approach. You have virtually no cloud investment costs. A lot of cloud services …
According to Gartner, every enterprise needs one. According to conversations with our customers, every enterprise wants one. But what exactly is a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE)? In 2016, Stephen Orban, at that time Global Head of Enterprise Strategy at AWS, started using the term CCoE in a blog series around the “Enterprise Cloud Journey“. …
Why would you need a Cloud Center of Excellence? Let’s give 10 good reasons. Part 2 … Optimised Architecture through reference architectures In a recent customer conversation on a CCoE, a customer said: “I believe we have a lot of trees, but we can’t see the woods”. A lot of customers have done proof of …
Ten reasons for setting up a Cloud Center of Excellence (part 2) Read More »
