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SWOT or TOSW?

WRONG ORDER

Nearly everyone seems to use the SWOT analysis today, probably because it is easy to understand, comprehend and remember!

CIOs and Security

IT Department Overall

  • Business Knowledge
  • ROI
  • Technical Forward Planning
  • Support the Organizations Overall Strategy
  • Integration of the Different Parts of the Organization
  • Usage Policies for IT
  • Supply Education
  • Proactive Following of Relevant Laws

The IT Department Runs

  • Platforms
  • Applications
  • Desktops
  • Networks
  • Web-Presence
  • Printing
  • Portables
  • Telephony
    • Fixed
    • Mobile
    • Switchboards
    • PBX

The IT Department Buys

  • Computers
  • Printers
  • Telephones
  • PBXs
  • Network Equipment
  • Software
    • Applications
    • Management
    • Diagnostic
  • Consultants
  • Training Courses
  • Support and Service Agreements
  • Air Conditioning
  • Electricity
  • Computer Rooms
  • Cables

The IT Department Needs

  • Customer Service
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Active Management
  • Administration
  • Frequent Inventory
  • Repairs
  • Bug Fixes
  • S/W Development
  • Logistics
  • Environmental Watch

IT Is Taken for Granted that

  • This will be handled
    • With Prudently Low Costs
      • Controlled Each Month by the CFO
    • With High Quality
      • Or the Customers, Internal and External, Complains Immediately
      • Usually Business Critical
    • In a Secure Manner

You can Have 2 out of 3

  • Low Costs
  • Security
  • High Quality
  • Guess the Priority the CIO assigns?

 

Switch-over from Drupal to Plone

Switches also from Wopsa to Webfaction

Frustration with Linux Editors

Arggggg!!!!

E-mail Working, Thanks Webfaction

Switched the e-mail for buresund.se from Wopsa to Webfaction and I must say that I was pleasantly surprised on how easy it was to transfer approx. 4 000 e-mails.