April 2008 - Leadership Blog

  • Why SaaS will flourish only with Managed Services as the building block

    Venu Venugopal, VP, CA Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) as a market has been heating up for the past three years. Whether SaaS is a reincarnation of the Hosted Services (or Application Service Provider – ASP) or centralized computing – that was pioneered during the mainframe era – the trend is gaining momentum. Media coverage on this buzz is plenty, whether that is general press, specialized magazines or online portals. Examples are: Wall Street Journal talking about the SaaS as a savior, KM World Magazine...
  • Service Management: Thoughts on trends

    Mark Francis Vice President AT&T Over the past year, I have made the most significant shift in role that one can fathom, from being responsible for the overall Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Direction to owning the Global Network Operations Center. Some might call this a sadistic form of punishment, but I relish in the opportunity to fully understand the operational complexities and consequences of Architecture and Implementation decisions. I will tell you this, now that I am a fully certified...

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