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Savile Row or the High Street?

Savile Row or the High Street?

Do you offer highly customized or "Ready to Use" IT services? Let us help you define your IT Collection this Fall.

Are You Looking At Partial Outsourcing?

Are You Looking At Partial Outsourcing?

What happens with service and costs over time when you own the hardware and the Service Provider bears the cost for people, energy and premises?  

Hot Topic: Service Catalog

At what level should we define service to make it practical?

Hot Topic: Chargeback

What is the best way of providing chargeback in virtualized and shared environments?

Hot Topic: Orchestration

Where should I start my orchestration and automation efforts?
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Ny chargeback workshop! PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 09 September 2009 00:00

För dig som snabbt vill lära dig mer om chargeback och hur det kan användas i din organisation erbjuder vi nu en halvdags chargeback workshop.

Läs mer om vår workshop i beskrivningen här.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 September 2009 16:36
 
The Connection Between Your Company OPEX and Chargeback PDF Print E-mail
Written by Anders Nilsson   
Monday, 17 November 2008 00:00

This article on CIO.com is almost a year old now but with the recent increase in chargeback techniques due to the adoption of virtualization it is worthwhile to take another look.

Howard Rubin, a research associate at MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research, has built a database to show the correlation between IT spending and Net Revenue at a wide range of companies. Basically what he is trying to do is show the business value of IT investments. Now, the interesting thing that he found is that there is no link between the money you spend on IT and an increase in revenue.

Last Updated on Monday, 10 August 2009 13:59
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The Flip Side of Scale Advantages in IT Operations PDF Print E-mail
Written by Torsten Wenell   
Wednesday, 08 October 2008 00:00

In the 1980s and 1990s large scale advantages in data centers was a hot topic. Naturally the discussion was mainly around mainframe operation which at this time was a mature and stable activity.

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Service Catalog

Control Scope

Control the scope of services provided to ensure quality and efficient delivery.

ITIL

Follow ITIL Best Practices for how to create and manage business and technical service catalogs.

Chargeback

Improve Communication

Implement effective Chargeback processes to enable communication and feedback between the business and IT.

Simplify Budgeting

Let the business manage their IT use and spend to provide input for simplified and improved IT budgeting.

Automation and Orchestration

Change Orchestration

Uniformly create, apply and manage change across all infrastructure tiers.

Incident Resolution

Automate common, repeat processes for incident/alert diagnosis, resolution

Outsourcing

Roles and Responsibilities

Use ITIL definitions and best practices to better define roles and responsibilities between supplier and customer in outsourcing situations.

Avoid Lock-in

Choose the right strategy for your outsourcing to avoid common lock-in effects with regards to technology, use and cost.

PMCG Slipstream Model