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.

Expert interview on software localization for worldwide markets: Part 2

I was recently interviewed by the lovely people over at Sajan, who offer “a full range of language translation and localization services, covering all languages from Afrikaans to Welsh.” How awesome is that!? Here’s a short intro to Part 2…

Containers Beyond The Hype: Dinesh Subhraveti

I was privileged to be given an advance copy of the new book by crazy smart entrepreneur Dinesh Subhraveti, called “Containers Beyond The Hype”. I penned a short review for the back cover because I was so impressed. If you…

Why Your Big Data Needs Good Algorithms – Datamation

I was interviewed last week for a new article by my mate, the most excellent Andy Patrizio, writing for one of my favourite journals, Datamation. We talked about algorithms and more, and he also talked with Gartner and others too. This…

Expert interview on software localization for worldwide markets: Part 1 | Sajan

I was recently interviewed by the lovely people over at Sajan, who offer “a full range of language translation and localization services, covering all languages from Afrikaans to Welsh.” How awesome is that!? Here’s a short intro, you can check out…

How Discovery Used Splunk to Survive Shark Week

So, in a happy turn I recently found out I had been cited by Erika Morphy over at CMSWire in her super roundup of the announcements and customer stories from the annual Splunk user group, .conf15. It was a fantastic show,…

As interest grows, container management features still missing

I had a great chat recently with a fantastic journo and a good mate, Alex Barrett over at Tech Target, about one of the hottest areas in virtualization, cloud, and DevOps. Yep, that big! Enterprise IT shops are interested in…

iSpeak™ DevOps: Top 5 Implementation Mistakes to Avoid

Have I mentioned that Jeanne Morain, my co-author on ‘Visual Ops – Private Cloud‘ (see side bar to the right), is one of the best people I know in tech, or maybe ever? Well, you should know that, because then it…

VDI wrangles rogue Windows 10 upgrades

I recently had a conversation with a great journo and good mate, Bridget Botelho over at TechTarget’s VDI and desktop virtualization site, SearchVirtualDesktop.com, about some of the key risks in Windows 10 upgrades, and how VDI and cloud can help…

12 Cloud Bloggers You Must Follow Today – CloudAlly

I was recently named to a list of 12 Cloud Bloggers You Must Follow Today by CloudAlly. With only 12 people listed it misses many great cloud-focused thought leaders, but I am thrilled to be listed alongside some really impressive…

HMG Resource Center Video

I was privileged recently to record a short video with a super strategist and executive thought leader, Hunter Muller of HMG Strategy. Check it out and many more over at the HMG Resource Center – Videos.

DevOps Summit Chair @AndiMann Outlines Vision | DevOpsSummit Blog

On the eve of the upcoming DevOps Summit in New York,  I spent some time talking with the inimitable Roger Strukhoff about my introduction to DevOps, some key concerns it raises for enterprise execs, and the perception that it is more for devs…