Author: Andi

Andi Mann is an accomplished digital business executive with extensive global expertise as a strategist, technologist, innovator, marketer, communicator, and thought leader. For over 25 years and across five continents, Andi has built success with Fortune 500 corporations, technology vendors, governments, and as a leading research analyst and business consultant. Andi is a sought-after commentator on business technology - published in USA Today, New York Times, Forbes, CIO, and Wall Street Journal; presented at Gartner ITxpo, VMworld, CA World, Interop, Cloud Expo, SAPPHIRE, and Citrix Synergy; participated and hosted interviews for radio, television, webcasts, podcasts, and live events; and more. Andi has been named to Business Insider's Top Thought-Provoking Enterprise Tech Execs, Huffington Post's Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts, Gathering Clouds Top 5 Cloud Experts - Who’s Who in Cloud, SAP's Top 50 Cloud Computing Influencers, and in research firm ITSMA's Best Practices in B2B Thought Leadership. Andi is co-author of the popular handbook, 'Visible Ops – Private Cloud'; and most recently, 'The Innovative CIO'. He blogs at 'Andi Mann – Übergeek' (http://pleasediscuss.com/andimann), and tweets as @AndiMann. Outside work Andi is an avid sports fan who loves cycling, skiing, basketball, and rugby; he also enjoys cooking, eating, travelling, art, photography, and gaming.

CIO Checklist: Ready For The Disrupted, Digital World? – InformationWeek

IT leaders can take these steps today to stay relevant. Just don’t confuse “checklist” with a simple fix. Disruptive digital technologies are creating a new application-driven economy that is changing the way CIOs need to approach their jobs. The evidence…

3 Tips to Shape Human Behaviors and Achieve Your DevOps GoalsDevOps.com

  DevOps raises many questions around processes and technologies, but it is important to remember that people are the essential piece that makes DevOps work. Since my post on Generalists vs. Specialists here on DevOps.com, I have had many questions…

CA: Life After (And/Or With) The Mainframe – IT-TNA | IT-TNA

Steve Wexler quotes me in his article on CA’s transition from mainframe to the emerging application economy. “We’re pulling our customers into this new world but we’re not ignoring where they came from,” said CA’s Andi Mann, VP of Strategic…

Security is “a massively complex topic” – CA World – CSO | The Resource for Data Security Executives

Stephen Withers at CSO Online talked to myself, Mike Gregoire, and several others after CA World about the complexity of security. By providing access to a single set of identity controls, the API Developer Portal reduces the chance of “a…

Enterprise DevOps and the Project Management OfficeDevOps.com

Welcome back to this occasional DevOps.com series on Enterprise DevOps Q&A. Remember, if you have questions about DevOps in the enterprise, let me know and I will try to answer them (or find someone who can). E-mail me atandi.mann@ca.com, tweet…

Ensuring security and managing risk in enterprise DevOpsDevOps.com

Today’s question in this recurring series comes from a developer in a typical large enterprise – risk averse, tightly controlled, highly secured – a major challenge to any DevOps transformation: Q. I work in a large government department that is…