Michael Warrilow on IT-Analysis.com

VMware is the new Microsoft (and why virtualisation is neither free nor cheap)

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight foresees that many enterprises will increasingly have their server strategy controlled by both Microsoft and VMware. [Read More...]

IT service (and performance) management 2009 - 2015

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0100

2009+ will see mature ITOs further embrace PPM, move beyond ITIL and begin to (re)explore a more business-oriented approach to IT service management. [Read More...]

Adoption of managed security is in the clouds

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

In spite of only moderate interest in managed security, we believe ITOs must continue to monitor the viability of MSSPs as cloud computing fanfare increases in 2009. [Read More...]

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

rss@it-analysis.com (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

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0100

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

Current state of Information Leakage Prevention in Australia / New Zealand

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (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

rss@it-analysis.com (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...]

IBM's risky business (on security and governance)

rss@it-analysis.com (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

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:00:00 +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)

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +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's service desk dilemma in Asia Pacific

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +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

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Thu, 10 May 2007 07:00:00 +0100

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

Defining IT governance (before someone does it for you)

rss@it-analysis.com (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

rss@it-analysis.com (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...]

Managing project management in Asia Pacific: Taking action

rss@it-analysis.com (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

rss@it-analysis.com (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)

rss@it-analysis.com (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

rss@it-analysis.com (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

rss@it-analysis.com (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...]

Security's real costs

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Even as IT organisations improve network security, the 'insider' threat continues to constitute a much larger financial risk to organisations. [Read More...]

ITSM in 2007 in Asia Pacific (and elsewhere)

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight foresees that 2007 will see a rising tide of ITIL-related project blowouts, yet also the potential for a 10-15% increase in available IT budget for transformational spend before 2012. [Read More...]

Best practice projects make for bad IT process outcomes

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

The ongoing desire for 'best practice' within IT organisations is largely a misnomer and will remain so until such projects gain sufficient business visibility. [Read More...]

ITO reorgs will continue to fail

rss@it-analysis.com (Michael Warrilow, Hydrasight) — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Hydrasight believes that re-organisation of internal IT departments will continue to fail to improve operational efficiency or effectiveness, within the majority of enterprises. [Read More...]