ICT Fraude

That the government is looking for the best solution at best price is commendable but this legislation seems questionable. I pull in doubt that, if I believe media reports about failing government projects, these tenders lead to better projects. Now of course I'm not a 'accountant' but surely a tax payer.

Because the threshold for tenders is each year lower, we will face increasingly more often large bidbooks. Remarkably, these are often written by outside consultants, who apparently are being paid per page. Relatively simple projects with at end small commissions sometimes deliver more than 100 pages! And beside the specifications there are also the conditions under which the contract is done. So I estimate activities at both sides costs more than ever can be saved.

Social engineering

Writing a new post for Computable, I am used to ask some comments in front of publication. And who you can use best if you're going to write about Social Media? Yes, friends in your network. So discussing title, keywords and message we came about the patterns.  

So why not do the same to get some pieces of information that can be helpfull in finding the 'sound bites'. Monetizing large scale at these Social Networks is not in our reach but the 'crumbs' are still interesting. And after being accused as 'Nasty Social Engineer' the title for this post was found. Afterall it's about the pattern that we should have seen before. 

Start to create infrastructure visibility

Of course, every organization has a formalized process that kept record what was purchased. This process is known as configuration management, with associated Configuration Management Database (CMDB) as central register. A system which worked fine in those days of monolithic systems, but now starting to show cracks.  

Not only due to change of  technology but also as result of mergers between companies. As a result, data from the configuration management became slowly distributed and an overall view at the infrastructure is complicated. 9 out of 10 organizations have a greater or lesser degree of burden and make decisions that are not entirely founded at the real state and value of their infrastructure.

Combat the new virtual server sprawl

Today many organizations already virtualized a great amount of their servers or are in the process of doing it. But the pitfall of converting a physical machine into a virtual entity, which can be done with ease, is a lack of attention to processes.  

Result, many projects seem to follow the road of  'garbage in, garbage out' without actually doing something about the waste. Benefits like faster provisioning and less underutilized systems are undisputed but technology alone will not align IT to the business. At the end the net profit is often not as expected.