IT Strategy Expert @ITStrategyXpert

More and more IT solutions are being provided as a service. Build a reusable delivery model to deliver IT services into your IT environment

When ever faced with a problem that is too big to manage, break it up to the 4 key points and then repeat this for each point then priotise

Keep challenging your data and don't let it confuse you. You ask the questions of the data and not the other way round.

Evolution approach. Establish your blueprint landscape and then evolve into it by a informed decision making process inline with your goals

Buy over build trend. Vendor management is a key control within the modern Business and SLAs, escalations & penalties need to be established

Are you a finance company who are spending most of your IT budget on regulatory compliance. The key is data consolidation/retire duplication

If your strategy is to reduce OpEx then you need to look at simplification and automation. Workflow tools can help but don't over complicate

Total cost of ownership - do you really understand where your IT spend is going. Don't worry your not alone. Start now to capture this data

Lean - Big companies need to lose weight in order to compete with smaller companies. Six sigma lean tools can really help with company diets

Big Data -The hot topic of the moment. Make sure you have your small data in control or you will increase opex costs and reduce sale revenue