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The Changing Role of the IT Architect: If You’re Not Part of the Solution,...
One of the defining trends in the evolution of computing has been the increasing diffusion of platform and control. Today, we have moved from a single mainframe tended by a small team of specialist...
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Cloud and “Pork Barrel” Politics: Why They Make IT Strategy Leaner and More...
One of the key principles in economic investment curricula is the principle of “sunk costs.” Bluntly, this means if you have invested in a proposition which you know is losing… don’t throw good money...
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Windows Server 2012: Built for the Cloud
Microsoft’s “tag line” for the Windows Server 2012 release is “built from the cloud up.” I’m guessing the “c” word is in the tag line because cloud has become such an important focus area for...
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Cloud and Consumerization… the Power of Choice In Sourcing
One of the reasons I enjoy my role at Avanade is because I get to have discussions with major customers about how disruptive technology shifts (such as cloud) will be to their business and IT...
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2013 Tech Trends: The Hyper-Convergence Effect
One of the reasons I enjoy my role in Avanade is because I get to have discussions with major customers around disruptive technology shifts (such as cloud) and how they will make a difference to their...
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Welcome Azaleos to Avanade
Some of you may have seen our news that we have completed our acquisition of Azaleos. Over the past eight years, Azaleos has built a reputation for offering private managed cloud services using...
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A New Beginning for Azaleos Managed Services
Azaleos has come a long way since its founding in 2004. After just six years in business, we had surpassed 500,000 subscribers and built a solid reputation on our Exchange legacy. Just one year...
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Innovating How Work Gets Done with Technology
There are some very exciting examples of organizations around the world harnessing the power of the four megatrends mentioned in my previous blog that discussed The Amplification Loop. One of my most...
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IT Strategy: Hitting Three Birds With One Stone
One of the reasons I enjoy my role at Avanade is because I get to have discussions with major customers around how disruptive technology shifts, (such as cloud), will make a difference to their...
View ArticlePowerful Cloud Services with Opstera
It’s winter in Seattle… and for those of you familiar with the weather here, that means it’s extra cloudy. So I think it’s only appropriate to discuss today how Avanade can help our customers manage...
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Meet with Avanade at Microsoft Management Summit 2013
On April 8th, Microsoft Management Summit 2013 (MMS 2013) kicks off in Las Vegas, NV and once again Avanade is a proud bronze sponsor of the event. The summit brings together thousands of the brightest...
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Windows Azure and the Reality of the Hybrid Cloud
I’ve been seeing a lot of industry data citing that over a third of IT budgets are going to cloud solutions, and that progressive, innovative IT leaders are advocating a cloud-first design policy to...
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Opportunities and Change: How Technology Evolves Our Business
I recently had the chance to participate in a panel discussion in hosted by the Financial Times on technology and innovation in Canada. Dubbed as the FT Global Investment Series: Focus on Canada, my...
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