{"id":10641,"date":"2014-04-30T13:29:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T13:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journeytothecloud.com\/?p=3797"},"modified":"2014-04-30T13:29:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T13:29:42","slug":"modernizing-it-by-killing-the-transactional-treadmill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/modernizing-it-by-killing-the-transactional-treadmill\/","title":{"rendered":"Modernizing IT by Killing the Transactional Treadmill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoff Smith, Senior Manager, Managed Services, GreenPages-LogicsOne<\/p>\n<p>Many IT departments today are unable to get off the transactional treadmill. You may have some\u00a0serious talent\u00a0in your IT department, but valuable, strategic IT assets are becoming bogged down with tactical actions. <span style=\"color: #000000\">When this happens, IT cannot fulfill its true purpose: applying technology to enable business success. As an IT decision maker, you need to\u00a0be providing IT with an effective, efficient, and modern way of addressing every day responsibilities so that internal focus can shift back to supporting crucial business objectives. I\u00a0consistently see this issue\u00a0when I&#8217;m out in the field speaking with customers.\u00a0For this reason, I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/GreenPagesCMaaSNetEnrichWebinarMay082014Blog\">hosting a webinar<\/a> on May 8th to go over some strategies your IT department can implement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this webinar you will learn ways to modernize IT operations and combine advanced management tools, mature operating procedures, and a skilled workforce to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build an Enterprise Command Center to effectively address and monitor the health and status of critical infrastructure systems<\/li>\n<li>Leverage run books and Standard Operating Procedures to complete required actions and create consistency in approach<\/li>\n<li>Establish a transparent co-sourced operational structure that promotes a culture of collaboration and joint responsibility for success<\/li>\n<li>Create visibility and analytics that maximize availability and functionality of technology investments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in learning more, register <a href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/GreenPagesCMaaSNetEnrichWebinarMay082014Blog\">here<\/a> &amp; bring your questions May 8th at 11 am EST.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=7T-z79CDFAU:zp0IBB3-ads:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=7T-z79CDFAU:zp0IBB3-ads:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=7T-z79CDFAU:zp0IBB3-ads:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=7T-z79CDFAU:zp0IBB3-ads:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=7T-z79CDFAU:zp0IBB3-ads:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=7T-z79CDFAU:zp0IBB3-ads:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/JourneyToTheCloud\/~4\/7T-z79CDFAU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoff Smith, Senior Manager, Managed Services, GreenPages-LogicsOne Many IT departments today are unable to get off the transactional treadmill. You may have some&nbsp;serious talent&nbsp;in your IT department, but valuable, strategic IT assets are becoming bogged down with tactical actions. When this happens, IT cannot fulfill its true purpose: applying technology to enable business success.&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeytothecloud.com\/cloud-computing\/modernizing-killing-transactional-treadmill\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,236,1399,179],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-10641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cloud-computing","category-cloud-management","category-cmaas","category-featured","tag-cloud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}