Posts Tagged ‘IT executives’
A Mexican Soccer Team, BP Tweets, & Assumptive Reality
Driving home the other night I heard a story about a Mexican soccer team who replaced the names on their jerseys with their twitter handles. According to this article, the club gave a statement that said: “in football as in life, 140 characters are enough to decide what side you are on”. Read More »
When It Comes to Cloud, Which IT Executive Are You? Part 4: Where Do I Start First?
If you’ve been following my last 3 entries, you’ll know that I have been discussing my experiences talking to senior management at some of the largest financial, insurance and banking companies about cloud infrastructures. I’ve related stories about the different kinds of customers I’ve met (the “Huh?,” the “Been There, Done That” and the “Dessert before Dinner” folks). Finally, I get to tell you about the best customer in this series which is the kind of customer who not only has a clear understanding of what they want and where they eventually want to be; they also harbor no illusions about the cost and effort to get to that place. Read More »
When It Comes to Cloud, Which IT Executive Are You? Part 3: I Want to Eat Dessert Before Dinner
So continuing my discussion about my experiences talking to senior management at some of the largest financial, insurance and banking companies about cloud infrastructures, I’ve told you about a couple different kinds of customers (the “Huh?” and the “Been There, Done That”). In this installment, we’ll cover the particular kind of customer who thinks that simply wanting something strongly enough will allow them to negate the laws of business (and physics) and get what they want. Read More »
When It Comes to Cloud, Which IT Executive Are You? Part 1: “Huh?”
A Special 4 Part Blog by Trevor Williamson, Director of Solutions Architecture
As I spoke last time about my experiences talking to senior management at some of the largest financial, insurance and banking companies about cloud infrastructures and what they thought about the whole space, I broke down my experiences into 4 simple categories: Read More »
