Michael Warrilow on IT-Analysis.com

IT management software wars: Episode 3 - revenge of the 'onion'

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Getting the greatest ROI from IT management software requires further improvement at all layers of the integration 'onion'. Competitive pressure is delivering improvements, but Hydrasight advises that vigilance is still required. [Read More...]

IT performance beyond project and portfolio management

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight believes PPM is not sufficient to address the majority of requirements for improved IT performance. [Read More...]

This is not your grandparent's Symantec

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Organisations need to ensure that Symantec is not considered simply as 'yet another anti-virus vendor' but rather a potentially strategic vendor of IT infrastructure software. [Read More...]

Current state of Information Leakage Prevention in Australia / New Zealand

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight research, conducted in early 2008, showed generally low levels of adoption and maturity for information leakage prevention (ILP) in Australia and New Zealand. [Read More...]

The impact of software vendor mergers and acquisitions

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight research shows negative perceptions, within IT organisations, in regard to software licensing, support / services and long-term viability of production systems. [Read More...]

The inevitability of heterogeneous hypervisor management

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight believes the benefits of an infrastructure management 'suite' that includes heterogeneous hypervisor management are unlikely to justify the required investment before 2011. [Read More...]

Microsoft service desk delayed until 2010

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight notes that Microsoft has quietly announced a significant delay in the initial release of its service desk product. However, it will only postpone the product's eventual impact on the lower-end of the IT help/service desk market. [Read More...]

Windows Server 2008 is here (and stuck between the big iron and a hypervisor)

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Be warned: the launch of Windows Server 2008 is upon us [Read More...]

Don't believe the (virtualisation) FUD

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:00:00 +0100

The world isn't waiting for Microsoft and Hyper-V, no matter what you've started to read in the IT press. [Read More...]

Virtualisation in 2008

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0100

2008 is going to see further attention to a wider range of virtualisation technologies. At Hydrasight, we've just started to publish our trends for the coming year. What follows is selected highlights in regard to virtualisation. [Read More...]

FUD sells security, doesn't it?

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:00:00 +0100

The IT risk and security landscape is changing. Has your organisation kept up? [Read More...]

Pay IT forward (or hello to the $100 laptop)

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:00:00 +0100

There's a principle that goes along the lines of 'give something away to get something back'. The one laptop per child (OLPC) initiative seems to be asking us to embrace that concept. I, for one, hope it works. [Read More...]

IBM's risky business (on security and governance)

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

In spite of last week's announcements, Hydrasight believes IBM is at risk of underplaying its relatively broad set of governance capabilities. [Read More...]

Best (and common) practice with external ITSM consulting in Asia Pacific

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight research shows that a broad range of external ITSM consultants are being used by IT organisations within mature Asia Pacific IT markets, creating a fragmented market being served by numerous players of various shapes and sizes. [Read More...]

Memo to ITSM projects: Don't forget the customer

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0100

While ITIL has certainly raised attention to IT service management, it risks omitting one of the most important constituents in any service management initiative - namely, the customer. [Read More...]

Citrix and the art of Xen(Source)

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100

Did you think Citrix was going to disappear? A few years ago, I confess I did. Not anymore, and the acquisition of XenSource won't do them any harm either. [Read More...]

The greening of AsiaPac IT

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Before the end of 2008, more than 10% of large Asia Pacific organisations will announce their intent to 'go green'. Hydrasight believes this will be a near impossible challenge to meet - but one that will increasingly be required... [Read More...]

HP Software to acquire Opsware, and makes a loud cloud of smoke in the process

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:00:00 +0100

I find it almost impossible to believe that HP's acquisition of Opsware will be 'game changing' (as suggested by HP Software's senior executives this week). [Read More...]

HP Software's service desk dilemma in Asia Pacific

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight foresees that the majority of HP's service desk customers in Asia Pacific will need to review their strategic positioning - and potentially their commitment to the product and/or vendor. [Read More...]

ITIL: It'll get fixed in the next version

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Thu, 10 May 2007 06:00:00 +0100

ITIL version 3 will not address the underlying issues associated with enterprise efforts to standardise service management processes. [Read More...]

Linux on the business desktop

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

The competition is about to get feisty, and it seems everyone has an option about Linux on the enterprise desktop... so perhaps it's time to put a little more science into the discussion [Read More...]

Microsoft in security

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:00:00 +0100

I've been caught napping, but I don't think I'm alone. [Read More...]

Defining IT governance (before someone does it for you)

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight believes that the phrase 'IT governance', and the myriad of associated themes, will become an increasing focus for IT organisations in Asia Pacific in 2007 and onwards. [Read More...]

Application management remains a misnomer

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:55:00 +0100

Hydrasight believes the concept of a single, unified approach to application management is a fallacy. We do not expect this situation to change for the foreseeable future - in spite of SaaS and SOA [Read More...]

A vista of Apples, penguins and more

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Putting the trials of trialling Vista behind me, I recently obtained a copy of SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop in an effort to make up for having to sell my iBook G4 to buy a Dell Inspiron running XP [Read More...]

Managing project management in Asia Pacific: Taking action

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Project management methods and practices in Asia Pacific remain inconsistent within most IT organisations. Pragamatic measure must be taken to improve enterprise project management skills [Read More...]

Managing project management in Asia Pacific: The skills shortage

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:20:00 +0100

Project management skills remain in high demand within Asia Pacific IT organisations, yet we do not expect attempts at standardisation to reduce the skills shortage in Asia Pacific [Read More...]

Cisco enters secure messaging market, disrupts partners (including Microsoft)

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight believes the acquisition of IronPort will lead to improved security and performance at the perimeter. It will also have unexpected consequences for Cisco's partners, including Microsoft. [Read More...]

Building the business case for server virtualisation

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight predicts four major areas of potential business benefit in regard to investment in virtualisation technology, but there will be limits. [Read More...]

Four more years of infrastructure software vendor consolidation

Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

The accelerating rate of acquisition for software vendors will force organisations to choose a minimum set of strategic software infrastructure partners. [Read More...]