Report

April 2002

• CIOs report that server utilization is only 60% -- meaning that $20 billion in new servers was wasted last year.
• IT infrastructure is stuck in the days of hand-cranked car engines, where only specialists can make technology work.

• Abstraction makes technology simple, like the thermostat that drives complex heat pumps to cool a house.

• It's career decision time for IT administrators -- up or out.

• Organic IT makes the technology depression drag on as buyers gain the upper hand.

• Figure 1.  Through History, Business Has Gained At IT's Expense
• Figure 2.  Computing Has Shifted From Monolithic To Decentralized
• Figure 3.  The Next Computing Revolution Must Satisfy Both Business And IT
• Figure 4.  The Difference Between Today's IT and Organic IT
• Figure 5.  Abstraction Is The Key To Organic IT
• Figure 6.  Organic IT Re-Architects The Infrastructure Technology Stack
• Figure 7.  Organic IT Is More Than The Sum Of Its Parts
• Figure 8.  Organic IT Rolls Out Between Now And 2006
• Figure 9.  Organic IT Results In A Changing Vendor Landscape

 

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