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' (https://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.

2013 IT outlook: Innovation trumps cost-cutting

You know I am not a big fan of the prediction blog – which neverthless never stops me from trying – but Ann Bednarz over at Network World has done  a stellar job of crystal ball gazing in her new…

CloudViews Unplugged: December 2012

In this episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss cloud computing predictions for 2013, The Weather Channel scaling up their cloud during Hurricane Sandy, researchers using cloud for molecule-by-molecule printing for anti-cancer drugs &…

The One Thing You Can Do Today to Spur Innovation

If our recent innovation survey made anything abundantly clear, it was that having a well-established and formal process for encouraging innovation is essential for driving improvement at all levels. In fact, the research found the more innovative the organization, the…

New Research Explains What Really Makes a Successful Hybrid Cloud

Anyone that knows me knows that I am a sucker for excellent research and data. Well, my friend and co-author on Visible Ops – Private Cloud, Kurt Milne (@kurtmilne on Twitter), just sucked me in with some excellent new research…

Please Stop Citing Lack of Budget as a Roadblock to Innovation

It’s no surprise that “lack of available budget” was the barrier to innovation cited by 47% of U.S. respondents, and 29% of global respondents, in our Innovation Imperative study. But here’s a data point that’s both surprising and disturbing. Among IT…

CloudViews Unplugged: Special Edition – Caption Contest

In this special edition episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies reveal the winner of cloud caption cartoon contest! via CloudViews Unplugged: Caption Contest – YouTube.

The Innovation Imperative – Join the conversation on Nov 13

Among the CIOs I speak with, innovation is the new imperative. They’re eager to innovate, to capitalize on the business aspects of technology, and they really want to be business leaders. Often the way an IT organization defines innovation is…

CloudViews Unplugged: November 2012

In this episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss the latest cloud computing news, what’s new & cool in cloud, and fire off questions in a quickfire round. This episode includes the following news…