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You may already be heavily invested in the rapidly emerging technology of virtualization. If so, consider some of the ideas below for further exploiting the technology. If not, now is the right time to get started.
Virtualization provides a set of tools for increasing flexibility and lowering costs, things that are important in every enterprise and Information Technology organization. Virtualization solutions are becoming increasingly available and rich in features.
Since virtualization can provide significant benefits to your organization in multiple areas, you should be establishing pilots, developing expertise and putting virtualization technology to work now.
We’ve recently seen a large amount of information in the press regarding information security and what happens when organizations misstep in implementing security procedures and systems. This problem is not going to be solved in the near term. To date, the volume of reports has not diminished public interest. We can expect to see additional incidents and they will become increasingly visible.
The problem requires attention from both technology people and their business partners.
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This is my first posting to the Red Hat blogs. I’ve been with Red Hat for a few months as the Vice President of Information Technology and want to share a CIO’s perspective on Red Hat, open source, the software industry and technology in general.
By way of background, I joined Red Hat from Capital One Financial (COF), where I was a divisional CIO. Prior to that, I worked for the Nasdaq Stock Market (NDAQ) on strategic technology initiatives, including a number of ventures outside the United States. I worked for Citicorp (C) as a global technology leader and technical architect. I began my career with IBM (IBM) as an operating system developer and worked for them in a variety of technology and management roles. You can see my profile on Red Hat’s management pages.
I’ll start this series with a review of some events and trends from 2007 and how they impact technology and business professionals. I’ll also identify some of the themes I see emerging in 2008 and how they will affect us both short term and long term.
This blog is open for responses from you, the readers, and I encourage you to challenge my comments, share your points of view, provide additional issues for discussion, or pose new questions.