It’s an experiment. A global one (hopefully). And it has meaning. #Cloud #Digital #Ready #Digitaltransformation
Over the coming days, I am reaching out to my entire global network via many channels – email, social, phone (old tech I know), conversation, word-of-mouth etc… – you get the picture.
I would like to know the answer to one simple question. It’s not a trick question. It’s not a gimmick. It’s not a marketing ploy. We don’t do those.
I ask you to let me know. Either respond to this post in a comment or contact me via email, phone, social etc. but please let me know.
Also, please share this question with your network. I am genuinely looking for genuine answers… no strings attached. So, I will keep the question simple – let’s see what comes back!
Do you believe that you are ready, enabled and educated enough to deal with this new digital world and the effects of digital transformation?
Join Peter Hubbard a Principle ITSM Consultant at Pink Elephant and Mark O'Loughlin the Managing Director of the Cloud Credential Council as we explore how ITSM is affected by cloud computing.
Cloud computing brings many business benefits ranging from increased cost efficiencies, business agility, improved use of resources, reduction of operational issues and capital expense but it also brings many challenges to address. How can ITSM ensure that cloud services are managed and deliver real business benefit for their organisations?
Successful cloud adoption can enhance economic growth and have significant industry impact across the economy, but unsuccessful cloud adoption can open the organisation up to potential data breeches, cloud sprawl and loss of control.
In this webinar Peter and Mark discuss how to avoid the lack of control that blights many cloud adoptions in the digital era.
I am very excited to share this news and to take on the role of MD at the Cloud Credential Council (CCC). Read below for more details.
The Board of Directors of the Cloud Credential Council (CCC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark O’Loughlin as Managing Director, effective immediately.
Mark O’Loughlin brings 20 years’ experience in the IT industry to the CCC, most recently as Managing Director of consulting firm Red Circle Strategies and previously as Head of Advisory, Consulting, and Training with a focus on business development, sales, marketing, service delivery and customer service.
“I am delighted to join the executive leadership team at the CCC. I look forward to driving and expanding the CCC’s global portfolio of vendor-neutral training and educational products, examinations and certifications while supporting our extensive global partner and client network. I am also looking forward to driving innovations into the marketplace through the CCC, and expanding how the CCC can help organizations succeed in delivering their business goals by using the latest digital capabilities, emerging technologies and new-world thinking” says O’Loughlin.
O’Loughlin is a recognized industry leader in the field of IT management and cloud computing. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Red Circle Strategies which specializes in providing advisory, consulting, training and management services to business and IT organizations, with a focus on innovation and embracing digital disruption.
Author of two books, O’Loughlin has written ‘Professional Cloud Service Manager (PCSM),’ one of the core certifications provided by the CCC and ‘The Service Catalog’ published as part of the ITSM Best-Practice library. Mark is a professional keynote speaker, regularly asked to speak at conferences and events.Mark is a former director at itSMF Ireland, a Fellow of the Irish Computer Society (FICS) and was one of the first people to be globally awarded the ITIL® Master accreditation.
Sukhbir Jasuja, Chairman, CCC and CEO, ITpreneurs, commented “Mark brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the CCC. His appointment reflects the ambition of the Board of the CCC to grow our portfolio and support our partners and customer community. On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Mark to the CCC.”
The cohort of professionals who have attended my personal Professional Cloud Service Manager (PCSM) training sessions will have been taught a very simple lesson in this new digital / cloud world. And it is this simple lesson – READ THE CONTRACT…
… or else you might be surprised at a later date what terms and conditions you signed up to. And the below example is related to just public Wi-Fi.
Honoured to be speaking at todays global webinar discussing ITSM, LEAN IT and Cloud with a fantastic panel of industry experts.
Do sign up for the live webinar, and if you can't attend – sign up anyway for the recording and watch afterwards.
An exciting webinar itSMF USA has planned for May 17th. They have organised an expert panel representing IT Service Management, Cloud Computing and the Alliance Partners from the Lean IT Association (LITA) and the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA).
Our expert panel will discuss the value of their individual portfolio’s while at the same time how ITSM, DevOps, Lean IT and Cloud are all essential elements for organisations looking to transform their business models. The webinar is on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 10:30 AM EDT – 4:30 CEST. I will be conducting the interviews with our distinguished panel, which will include:
Robert Stroud, well-known itSMF USA contributor, Forrester Analyst, and ITSM SME represents ITSM and the itSMF on our Expert Panel.
Mark O’Loughlin, author of the ITSM and Cloud Service Manager Course for the Cloud Credential Council, will champion the discussion on the role and importance of Cloud and Cloud Service Management.
Mike Orzen, the Father of Lean IT, will discuss how Lean principles is as relevant today to enterprise IT, as it was when the automotive and manufacturing industries went through their own transformational journeys.
Troy DuMoulin, well known and respected VP of Research and Development for Pink Elephant will represent the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) and will discuss why investing in building in high-performance IT teams that possess the right skills and knowledge are critical to transforming to the new IT way of working.
Join us on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at 10:30 AM EDT – 4:30 PM CEST
