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Complete the short survey below and download the informative white paper – The Roadmap to IT Maturity – Matching Strategy to Infrastructure for Business Success. The paper has been produced in conjunction with 'Computing' following an exclusive survey of more than 130 IT decision-makers within UK enterprises. It provides an invaluable insight into the challenges faced by senior IT professionals.
Q2. How do you control your assets?
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No asset control in place |
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Managed on a spreadsheet |
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Managed by a database |
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Using a Configuration Management Database |
Q3. How is your IT funded?
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IT is owned by individual departments |
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IT is subsidised – centrally funded |
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Cost centric – each department pays in proportion to department size |
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Static – each department pays according to average usage |
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Flexible – each department pays variable amounts depending on actual usage |
Q4. What service levels does your IT have with end user departments?
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No SLA |
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Verbal agreement |
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Basic documented SLA's measured against standard IT metrics e.g. uptime or response time |
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End-to-end service level based on end user experience |
Q5. What is your typical project turnaround time?
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Months |
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Weeks to months |
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Days to weeks |
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Hours to days |
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On request |
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Policy automated |
Q6. Are your IT processes:
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Undocumented – based on personal knowledge |
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Basic work instructions |
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Formal documented processes – centrally managed |
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Framework aligned e.g. ITIL, CobiT, CMMI |
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Certified e.g. ISO 20000 |
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Automated |
Q7. Is IT regarded as:
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Highly reactive |
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Proactive |
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Service-based |
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Fully business-aligned |
Q8. What percentage of your servers are virtualised?
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0-25% |
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25-50% |
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50-75% |
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75-100% |
Q9. What percentage of your storage is SAN based rather than DAS?
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0-25% |
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25-50% |
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50-75% |
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75-100% |
Q10. Does your future IT strategy include any element of Cloud technology?
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Plan to incorporate Private Cloud Computing
Public Cloud Computing delivers IT-service capability within the public Internet, allowing users to tap into an almost seamless resource of computing capability, based on their demands. Critically, these services are delivered by third party organisations, who not only develop and deploy IT, but also hold information within their own data centre environments.
Private Cloud Computing enables the same functionality as public cloud computing, but restricts the cloud to one held and managed by the enterprise itself. It remains accessed by the LAN, but is also accessed via secure IP connectivity. As with a public cloud, private cloud computing allows for some level of utility computing, whilst retaining all information and capability within the controlled enterprise data centre. Critically, it requires substantial investment in infrastructure to maintain.
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Plan to utilise elements of Public Cloud Computing
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d. |
Plan to migrate fully to Public Cloud Computing |
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