It’s time to get rid of the Windows Servicing headache. Remember the elation and expectations when Windows 95 was released over two decades ago? And the excitement and frustrations with subsequent releases like Windows 98, ME, and 8.1?
Migrations, sign-offs, and handovers can be a headache. Don’t let them hinder your plans. An OS migration can be such an overwhelmingly complex and huge project that it can become easy to lose sight of what happens when the migration is done. How will you gain end-user sign-off or train them on the new functionality?…
It’s time to end the confusion and help you simplify your IT projects through Windows 10 Deployment Rings. Much to the relief of many IT project managers and their project resources, Microsoft recently announced that it would align its Windows 10 Servicing upgrade cycle with release cycles of Office 365 and SCCM.
On the surface, it appears that offshore IT rates have remained relatively stable over the last 10 – 15 years. That is only partially true In my experience, the average rate of an inexperienced resource for IT work is still about $18 an hour, but the rates for a high-end resource are now over $50…
I can hardly believe that it has been almost two years since Windows 10 was officially released! Most enterprises have finished evaluating the new operating system and kicked off their migration efforts by now. But unlike previous Windows deployments where organizations had three to four years before the next upgrade cycle was due, Windows 10 (a.k.a.…
Implement an IT strategy that will help transform your business. Any good consultant will tell you that the basics for all IT planning exercises are the same: figure out where you are, define where you want to go, and then finally define how you are going to get there. A strategy for IT Automation or Evergreen…
Editing capabilities of those output formats of MSI, App-V, and MSIX. Currently we just add in the products, package the apps, clean them up a bit, and we can provide a console then that people can do their own cleaning up in the advanced console that we’ve got to edit the MSI. We can’t necessarily…
IT organizations have transformed significantly over the past 20 years. To stay relevant, enterprises have found themselves needing to make investments in an online presence, offshore resourcing, smart mobile devices, SAS models, and cloud infrastructure, just to name a few. With all these moving pieces and rapidly changing technology, IT leaders are challenged more than…
Create an Evergreen IT environment that enacts positive change. Based on conversations with our clients, prospects, and partners, we estimate that 90% of enterprise IT teams are interested in Evergreen IT, but maybe only 20% of them fully grasp the concept enough to know how to practically implement it.
Let’s take a look back at IT in 2021. IT has always been a difficult thing to evaluate. For any enterprise, IT is a shared, limited resource that is also awfully expensive and high risk. After 35 years in the consulting business, I have had the privilege of meeting many CIOs and have learned a…
