Who is automated „away“
As discussed before, automation in IT operations definitely has a strong social impact. It is a question of how IT professionals deal with the change that will make the difference in the end. As I...
View ArticleInput to an Automation Engine – Namespace as a Starting Point
I have been talking quite a bit about the technology that drives an automation engine. Actually there could be many approaches for the technology that evaluates conditions and chooses the right actions...
View ArticleA Simplistic Approach to IT Dependency Modeling: M—A-R-S
You have seen a number of abstract articles talking about the “interdependency model” of an IT environment that is necessary to actually automate across operational silos on this blog. Building this...
View ArticleImplementing Automation – the Inevitable Step after Implementing ITIL Processes
Some time ago I published an article on the future of IT operation after we are through with all the ITIL implementations (still) taking place. Assuming that all the nice failure handling, proactive...
View ArticleIT Automation – All the Things We Are Talking About
Reading and writing about IT automation, I keep on learning about the subject. Lately I found that there are so many flavors of automation around the operating processes of IT, that misunderstanding...
View ArticleWelcome to 2009 – A Year of Great Change and a Year Loaded with Opportunity...
I wish you all a happy new year. This may sound hollow as the upcoming year is starting out with immeasurable uncertainties. A recession is unavoidable as the economic mechanisms are working their way...
View ArticleIntegrating ITIL and Automation
I finally find the time to write to you on the integration of automated IT operating into today´s working environment. One should think that automation means that just some other tool will be installed...
View ArticleThe Difference between Automation and AUTOMATION – Part I
Talking about automation on the way to IBM PULSE 2009 got me some interesting insights. I did know that most people do not really feel comfortable, when a machine actually acts autonomically. But that...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Automation Tools
The history of delivering IT Services is certainly an evolutionary process. This is not even considering the huge evolution that has taken place in the technology available to deliver such services....
View ArticleAutomation is Knowledge Conservation
Warning: This post contains just as much sarcasm as it contains serious content. In many discussions I have founds that grasping the concept of automation is alien to most people´s mindset. Are you one...
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