Connected Digest

June 2011

Issue 24

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Venturing into Desktop Virtualization

Three ways to ensure you get it right

by Clyde Hedrick, Intel Corporation

Any time you take part in a new venture, you need to weigh the pros and cons. For many companies considering desktop virtualization (DV), cost savings is a big factor. Yet all companies want users to remain as productive as possible, and that means having reliable, available applications that meet performance needs. To make DV most effective, businesses must balance the needs of IT to have a secure and central way to control and manage applications, operating systems (OS) and data. DV is about looking at client computing in a new way.

Bare-bones computers can work better than loaded ones

Imagine a department with computers that have nothing on their hard drives. Their only jobs are to let users interact with them and to show the work onscreen. This is one example of desktop virtualization: The server handles all the computing work while the data center houses the data. Every desktop virtualization model has advantages and limitations. The best one for a business depends on IT and user needs. Read this issue's feature story to get the 411 on desktop virtualization.

Everyone understands the importance of strategic planning and goal setting. But what if the two don't align? How can you ensure that strategic plans and tactics match goals? Please share your experience and suggestions. What happens when you put together a model kit or a Lego* set, and you skip a step? Not good. That happens too often in businesses that don't involve the right teams and expertise early enough in the development process. Readers and experts offer suggestions on how to solve this problem. Read the advice.

Thank you for all your feedback and advice to readers. Keep it coming so this newsletter continues to deliver the knowledge you need. You can leave feedback here.

Meryl K. Evans
Editor, Connected Digest

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This Issue's Dilemma

Strategic planning lacks accountability

Our company is starting its annual strategic planning process again to develop our division's high-level performance objectives for next fiscal year. But during the planning, staff members don't tie each group's contributions with each strategic objective, so it's hard to know whether we have all the pieces in place to efficiently execute the objectives.

Is there a way to improve our planning process to clearly define all the deliverables and line up the resources we need to get the job done? How does your company do strategic planning?

-- Senior manager

Can You Help? Share your experience.

Last Issue's Dilemma

How can I involve staff earlier in development?

We're in the planning stages for a massive data center update. Normally, companies ask data center staff to provide hardware, system software and personnel support for new systems even though they haven't participated in the early stages of the system development cycle.

From experience, I know this can lead to date slips, escalating costs and many other problems. How can we get our data center team involved earlier in the process? What role should they play in the early phases of the development cycle? -- Data center manager

Read the best advice from readers.

Attention, Data Center Managers: Copy These Innovations
Tech giants share the lessons learned during recent builds
by John Brandon - ComputerWorld

Cloud CIO: Like Open Source, Cloud Hides in Plain Sight
Open source scenario plays out with cloud services
by Bernard Golden - CIO

Keeping Up with the IT Exec Career Curve
Seven tips for staying on top of tech trends
by Pam Baker - Datamation

Five Rookie Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
24-40 percent fail in first 18 months -- doesn't have to be that way
by Dennis McCafferty - CIO Insight

Mobile BYOD Strategy Reveals if Your CIO Is Good or Bad
An indicator of whether exec should lead IT in empowered-user world
by Galen Gruman - InfoWorld

Six Predictions for the CIO in 2011
The changing role of the CIO
by Robert Stroud - CA Technologies

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