Jake Sorofman
Is IT a House of Cards?
Recent high-profile production outages and security breaches have drawn attention to a longstanding but under-reported risk to modern business: A growing dependency on IT...
Adopting Enterprise Cloud: A Graduated Transformation
Enterprise IT organizations are in the midst of deep and lasting change. IT used to be your cable company: It held the local monopoly for...
Dealing with Darwin: What Change Means for IT
"If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near." That's Jack Welch offering...
Why the “P Principle” Applies to Modern IT
You've surely heard that classically alliterative (and originally profane) adage: Proper preparation prevents poor performance. This is particularly true in matters of IT, where scale…
Consider the Source: The Myth of the False Cloud
This article originally appeared in HPC in the Cloud. At a very young age, my mother told me to consider the source—to never take authoritative...
2011 Prediction: Automation Enters the Industrial Age
You may have read my six Predictions, which envisage a very cloudy 2011. In contemplating these and other predictions, I realize I probably fell short...
Are You an Agent or Victim of Change?
Meet Walter. Walter thrives on change. He's nobody's victim. He knows that embracing IT automation is the safe bet for his career. But Walter...
The Myth of the “False Cloud”
Private cloud is the "false cloud"? So say the titans of the public cloud. Amazon CTO Werner Vogels and Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff have both...
Why Windows and Linux are the Same
When we decided to build support for managing Windows apps into the rPath product line, there was a lot of surprise both internally and...
6 IT Predictions for 2011
Publishing end-of-year predictions has become de rigueur for anyone with an opinion and a blogging platform. Few of these predictions are founded in any...
2011 IT Prediction #5: Power is Redistributed
You've seen predictions #1, 2, 3, 4 … here's prediction #5: Power is redistributed – IT leverage over service providers means better cost-economies and more...
2011 IT Prediction #4: Ecosystem Rules
With predictions #1, #2, and #3 down, prediction #4 is up: Ecosystem rules – And speaking of leverage … fear of leverage lost through expanding...
2011 IT Prediction #3: Hybrid Cloud Emerges
Here’s predictions #1 and #2. And now for prediction #3: Hybrid cloud emerges – Definition of such governance models will enable enterprise IT to begin...
2011 IT Prediction #2: Public Cloud Thrives
Yesterday, I offered my first prediction for 2011: “Private Cloud Proliferates.” Here is prediction #2: At the same time, we’ll see continued growth—explosive growth—in...
2011 IT Prediction #1: Private Cloud Proliferates
Publishing end-of-year predictions has become de rigueur for anyone with an opinion and a blogging platform. Few of these predictions are founded in any...
rPath for Windows
We’re excited to announce rPath on Windows! With release 5.8, rPath extends model-driven automation to Windows Server 2003 and 2008. It’s the...
Will Cloud Change the Politics of IT?
It must be the midterm elections, because politics are in the air—and on my mind. The politics of IT, that is. This isn’t the...
Watch This Space: “Pushbutton” Deployment for Windows Apps
Today, some 74% of data center servers run on the Windows operating system. Still, the vast majority of IT organizations lack tools for automating...
The Grasshopper and the Ant: A Fable for Developers and IT
In a field one summer’s day, a grasshopper was hopping about with great joy, dancing between blades of grass and chirping with pride. He...
Amazon Can Do It. Why Can’t You?
A number of business theorists have explored the dimensions of market shifts that turn competitive advantage upside down. There are lots of ways to...