Category: IT4IT In depth

Reflections on 2020 and Looking Ahead to 2021

By Steve Nunn, President and CEO, The Open Group

Happy New Year everyone!

Firstly, I hope that you, your family, and friends, have been able to stay safe during these trying times. So many around the world have lost so much in this COVID-19 pandemic which clearly will be with us for some time yet. We must, however, be heartened by the unprecedented speed with which vaccines have been developed. The delivery and administration of these vaccines has only just begun, of course, but we have good reason to be optimistic about the coming months.

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What Really Happens When You Run IT Like a Business?

Recently, The Open Group released a new open standard IT operating model and reference architecture called IT4IT™. They billed it as the answer to “How to run IT like a business.” At the same time, our Enterprise Architecture team at SKF was supporting the rollout of a major SAP initiative. To be successful in this initiative we became convinced that we must also simultaneously transform the way IT worked with the business to provide value.

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IT4IT Value Chain Drives the Conversation to Value: Q&A with Craig Alexander, HPE

IT4IT is structured around IT as a value chain supported by value streams, so it drives the conversation to value. Customers love this and realize immediately that the technology conversations they have been having with IT are the wrong ones.

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