Check out this DevOps Summit Power Panel Video recording with me as host, moderator and conference chair on ‘DevOps and Security’ with multiple key influencers.
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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.
ITSM problem management: What are your pain points?
Tweets from #CIOchat Tweet Jam quoted on techtarget.com @tcrawford Always the case. The strongest misconception of #ITSM (and esp. #ITIL) has been that you need to do it all. Says who!? #CIOChat Read more at… http://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240222162/ITSM-problem-management-What-are-your-pain-points
The 7 skills Ops pros need to succeed with DevOps – DevOps.comDevOps.com
I was recently quoted in an article at Devops.com by George Hulme. “The most in-demand skill requirements for success with DevOps were actually soft skills,” Read the whole article at The 7 skills Ops pros need to succeed with DevOps –…
Business get it – nobody wants to be a glasshole
If you want to understand the future of wearable technology, and the implications for corporate IT, don’t hang around Google Glass developer conferences. Instead, go to Disneyworld, where visitors gladly wear colorful smart “Magic Bands” that let them do everything…
Information technology skills gap raise concerns for some
During a recent Tweet Jam I gave my thoughts on IT skills gaps. TechTarget highlights some of the more pertinent points in this article… http://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240222158/Information-technology-skills-gap-raise-concerns-for-some
Is DevOps Doable in the Enterprise? CIO Journal Column Gets ‘em Talking – ServiceVirtualization.com – A Virtual Software Environment
Mike Drago at ServiceVirtualization.com got my thoughts on whether DevOps is Doable in the Enterprise (hint: it is!). Empirical evidence is starting to prove out the concept and more companies are jumping on board. Mann cites an IDG study showing…
It’s the Application Economy, Stupid – Innovation Insights
IT is still strategic. Every business is now a technology business. Cloud computing, mobility, social media, wearable computing, the Internet of Things and the API Economy are all moving front and center. And the common denominator to all of this: …
DevOps Challenges and Solutions
In this video round table, Lori MacVittie, Senior Product Manager at F5 Networks; Damon Edwards, Co-Founder at DTO Solutions; JP Morgenthal, Director, Cloud Computing Practice at Perficient and I discuss best practices for leveraging the gains from DevOps – See…
How DevOps Benefits Large Enterprises – InformationWeek
The era when DevOps was just for startups is over. There’s plenty of proof that big companies have figured out how to benefit from this software development method, too. Large enterprises absolutely are different from the startups and web “unicorns”…
How to turn executives into DevOps champions – DevOps.comDevOps.com
IT practitioners must bridge the gap of understanding about DevOps with their managers and executives if they really want continuous delivery to take root in their organizations. Next week at Camp DevOps @ Gluecon, I will propose ways to do that…
▶ TechViews Unplugged: April 2014
Today we released a new version of TechViews Unplugged. In this edition, George Watt and I discuss the Internet of Cars, building a Raspberry Pi cluster, the growing trend of wearable computers, Facebook’s Oculus acquisition, Android Malware, the booming App…