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Over the last months, Quocirca has been blogging for Silver Peak System s independent blog site, http://www.WANSpeak.com. Here, the blog pieces are brought together as a single report.
July 2013
Further to WAN Speak musings - Volumes I and II, more aggregated blog articles from the Quocirca team covering a range of topics.
Clive Longbottom Quocirca Ltd Tel : +44 118 948 3360 Email: Clive.Longbottom@Quocirca.com
Bob Tarzey Quocirca Ltd Tel: +44 1753 855794 Email: Bob.Tarzey@Quocirca.com
Broadband a game of leap frog, or just a squashed toad? Mobility How shall I love thee? Let me count the ways Dealing with your organisations near certain malware problem A Magical Trinity ask and you shall receive. Ill give you something to do thats new stop using the word innovate Core concerns about SDN The ultimate Venndor choice guide Worried about the Patriot Act? Why? Showing red RAGs to headless chickens Silicon v. Carbon: my money is on Silicon Faster financial networks need big data analysis for compliance
Letting politicians make major decisions around technology may not be a good way to do things. However, allowing vendors to squabble around what the politicians are doing just makes things several times worse. The UK is running the risk of becoming a broadband alsoran and it has no-one to blame but itself. Your mobile workforce need to be controlled but it has to be as seamless as possible. WAN speeds are becoming more important as VPN and enterprise application access needs are stressed as more employees hit the road with BYOD. You have all the protection you need in place to avoid viruses, worms, Trojans and hackers? Its highly doubtful, and different approaches are needed to avoid falling into a position of a perception of information security.
A technologists worst nightmare having to go to the business to ask for yet more money. How can this be made less of an onerous task can the business be brought on board by slight changes to how the request is messaged to them? Are you fed up of vendors stating that they will help you in your quest for innovation? Has any vendor ever defined what they mean by innovation or asked you what you mean by it? A more balanced view of mixing improvement, innovation and invention may make you a far better organisation SDN is great honestly. However, it has its downsides and for it to deliver on its promise, SDN may need to face up to some unwelcome truths, and end up as a hybrid solution somewhere along the continuum of todays intelligent, managed switches and the long-term target of a completely dumb box. Are you finding it increasingly difficult to find the right vendor for a specific technology product as part of a business solution? Maybe this approach of using a Venn diagram can help you. The US Patriot Act seems to send shivers down the spines of non-US companies, fearing that they could have the US authorities poring over their data without them having any say about it. Maybe this is just a slight over-reaction? It is a common approach now to use traffic-light systems to show the overall health of a system to people green being everything is fine, amber watch out and red major problem. Doing this without adequate additional information may work against you, though.
Automation is wonderful. A computer is quite happy doing the same thing, day in, day out without suddenly losing focus and making the sort of mistakes a human tends to do. So why do we still include humans in so many steps of a process?
The speed of dealing with large financial transactions can lead to errors that cannot be easily called back. Systems are needed to help identify any issues in real time and allow for rectification and big data could be the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Ill give you something to do thats new stop using the word innovate
Definition of innovate verb [no object] make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products: the companys failure to diversify and innovate competitively [with object] introduce (something new, especially a product): we continue to innovate new products Ive just been at yet another event where everything seemed to hinge on innovation. Now forgive me, but this seems to be one of the most overused words (along with its variations), and Im not sure that it truly gets anyone anywhere, as the human brain gets to the point of sticking fin gers in its metaphorical ears and going blah, blah when it hears the word.. Many years back, a very large, three-letter IT vendor carried out extensive research interviews with CEOs of Global 2000 organisations. No mean feat getting any time from these people requires them to be sure that theres something at the end of it for them. The report that came out from the research showed that innovation was the thing that the majority felt was going to be the life blood of their businesses going forward; indeed, without it, they were all going to fail horrendously. My first question? Was the word innovation defined for the purposes of the research? No and it was accepted that maybe it should have been. The problem is that innovation is pretty easy to do if you just use a simple dictionary definition. Is an incremental improvement innovation? According to the definition above, it could well be, as something has changed to something already established. How about bringing something absolutely brand new to market? Maybe not, unless the innovative change here is seen as something that wasnt there now is. In marketing, is changing the colour or font of a text innovative (any marketing people reading this, please do not even think of answering ). To my mind, it is far better to provide more granularity, so that an organisation can better gauge what it should be doing, rather than aiming for this amorphous target of being innovative. So, here goes Quocircas patented guide to being better. The first stage is to evaluate existing tasks and processes and compare these to where you want the organisation to be a pretty classical gap analysis. Then break down what is required to get you where you want to be into the following areas: 1 Improve. Identify where things are not being done in the best way, and optimise so that things are being done better. Incremental changes at this level can reap huge rewards. 2 Innovate. I cant escape from the need to use innovation in the guide, but it is only one of the aspects. What is it that you are already doing that needs wholesale change? 3 Invent. What is it that you are not doing that you should be doing?
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REPORT NOTE: This report has been written independently by Quocirca Ltd to provide an overview of the issues facing organisations seeking to maximise the effectiveness of todays dynamic workforce. The report draws on Quocircas extensive knowledge of the technology and business arenas, and provides advice on the approach that organisations should take to create a more effective and efficient environment for future growth.
About Quocirca
Quocirca is a primary research and analysis company specialising in the business impact of information technology and communications (ITC). With world-wide, native language reach, Quocirca provides in-depth insights into the views of buyers and influencers in large, mid-sized and small organisations. Its analyst team is made up of real-world practitioners with first-hand experience of ITC delivery who continuously research and track the industry and its real usage in the markets. Through researching perceptions, Quocirca uncovers the real hurdles to technology adoption the personal and political aspects of an organisations environment and the pressures of the need for demonstrable business value in any implementation. This capability to uncover and report back on the end-user perceptions in the market enables Quocirca to provide advice on the realities of technology adoption, not the promises.
Quocirca research is always pragmatic, business orientated and conducted in the context of the bigger picture. ITC has the ability to transform businesses and the processes that drive them, but often fails to do so. Quocircas mission is to help organisations improve their success rate in process enablement through better levels of understanding and the adoption of the correct technologies at the correct time. Quocirca has a pro-active primary research programme, regularly surveying users, purchasers and resellers of ITC products and services on emerging, evolving and maturing technologies. Over time, Quocirca has built a picture of long term investment trends, providing invaluable information for the whole of the ITC community. Quocirca works with global and local providers of ITC products and services to help them deliver on the promise that ITC holds for business. Quocircas clients include Oracle, IBM, CA, O2, T -Mobile, HP, Xerox, Ricoh and Symantec, along with other large and medium sized vendors, service providers and more specialist firms. Details of Quocircas work and the services it offers can be found at http://www.quocirca.com Disclaimer: This report has been written independently by Quocirca Ltd. During the preparation of this report, Quocirca may have used a number of sources for the information and views provided. Although Quocirca has attempted wherever possible to validate the information received from each vendor, Quocirca cannot be held responsible for any errors in information received in this manner. Although Quocirca has taken what steps it can to ensure that the information provided in this report is true and reflects real market conditions, Quocirca cannot take any responsibility for the ultimate reliability of the details presented. Therefore, Quocirca expressly disclaims all warranties and claims as to the validity of the data presented here, including any and all consequential losses incurred by any organisation or individual taking any action based on such data and advice. All brand and product names are recognised and acknowledged as trademarks or service marks of their respective holders.