Comments on: Top Ten worries in 2008 http://blog.eclipse.net.uk/top-ten-worries-in-2008/ Share the experience Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Russell Plummer http://blog.eclipse.net.uk/top-ten-worries-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Russell Plummer Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:44:02 +0000 http://blog.eclipse.net.uk/?p=27#comment-11 The Top 10 worries are a reflection of our concerns regarding the business effects of the technology that the CIO is resposible for delivering. I would say they cover either taking cost out of the solutions (eg Green IT or Virtualisation), or using the technology to get better RoI (eg UCS or BPM). The Open Source world is maturing, and we now have enough experience of deploying open source products to build reasonable TCO models which reflect the ownership costs applied to proprietary & open source offerings. You are right that Open Source is still a worry, mainly from the point of view of standards adherence and integration between products to create cost-effective solutions, but it has dropped out of the top 10. So I guess it's progress on our part. The Top 10 worries are a reflection of our concerns regarding the business effects of the technology that the CIO is resposible for delivering. I would say they cover either taking cost out of the solutions (eg Green IT or Virtualisation), or using the technology to get better RoI (eg UCS or BPM).

The Open Source world is maturing, and we now have enough experience of deploying open source products to build reasonable TCO models which reflect the ownership costs applied to proprietary & open source offerings. You are right that Open Source is still a worry, mainly from the point of view of standards adherence and integration between products to create cost-effective solutions, but it has dropped out of the top 10. So I guess it’s progress on our part.

]]> By: Sean Royce http://blog.eclipse.net.uk/top-ten-worries-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Sean Royce Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:50:32 +0000 http://blog.eclipse.net.uk/?p=27#comment-10 Does 'open source code and collaboaration' pose a threat to traditional IT depts and their very being - or simply a change in the way they operate. I'm surprised not to see this in there as a worry - or is that because it is progress??! Does ‘open source code and collaboaration’ pose a threat to traditional IT depts and their very being – or simply a change in the way they operate. I’m surprised not to see this in there as a worry – or is that because it is progress??!

]]> By: Katie Thomas http://blog.eclipse.net.uk/top-ten-worries-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Katie Thomas Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:39:34 +0000 http://blog.eclipse.net.uk/?p=27#comment-6 My feelings are that whatever your favourite blog or website is, you will read a list of concerns according to that writer and experience in their business. As a business we certainly should be safeguarding ourselves against such concerns, but are they listed in the same prioirities? Probably not. All businesses are different and as long as we are aware of tehnical issues and voicing this across the business so we are all on the same page, with the same aims and objectives in mind. My feelings are that whatever your favourite blog or website is, you will read a list of concerns according to that writer and experience in their business.
As a business we certainly should be safeguarding ourselves against such concerns, but are they listed in the same prioirities? Probably not. All businesses are different and as long as we are aware of tehnical issues and voicing this across the business so we are all on the same page, with the same aims and objectives in mind.

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