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Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013
By: Ben Geller, VP Marketing, Troux
Did you know today is International Panic Day? An enterprise-wide technology failure is one of the biggest causes for panic in the business world behind maintaining profitability. If a company’s IT infrastructure or mission critical application goes down, it affects everyone – including customers.
Troux customer, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership... Read More
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Friday, Jun 14, 2013
Ben Geller, VP Marketing, Troux
As you know, Troux recently joined other industry experts in support of the Penn State Center for Enterprise Architecture (EA) program. The fact that Penn State's Center for EA Architecture is receiving industry wide support and recognition is a testament to how the discipline of EA is hitting its stride.
On Wednesday, June 12, Troux hosted a webinar ... Read More
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Monday, Jun 3, 2013
By: Ben Geller, VP Marketing, Troux
While most celebrate National Repeat Day by doing the things they enjoy over and over, I got to thinking about all the things in life we consistently repeat for lack of information and understanding of what is truly necessary. “Shampoo. Rinse. Repeat.” comes to mind as a once widely accepted directive developed by shampoo companies, which has now been... Read More
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Ben Geller, VP Marketing, Troux
In the wake of the recent global financial crisis, a recent Gartner CEO survey 1 cited 68% of chief and senior executives see business conditions as “rather uncertain” for the foreseeable future. In spite of this uncertain environment, the show must go on. CEOs are increasing their investments in initiatives that target growth, improved profitability... Read More
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Ben Geller, VP Marketing, Troux
Recently technology entrepreneur, lecturer and author Peter Hinssen delivered a keynote address at our annual worldwide conference. The premise of Mr. Hinssen’s presentation was based on his observation that we are beginning to embark on a new era where digital is just a ‘normality’. Simply put, we have spent the last 25 years becoming... Read More
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Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013
By: Ben Geller, VP Marketing, Troux
The term “Black Swan” was coined by University of Oxford, Saïd Business School professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb to describe high-impact events that are rare and unpredictable but in retrospect seem not so improbable. In the world of IT, black swan projects reap catastrophic effects and even result in a complete corporate meltdown. According to... Read More
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Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013
Ben Geller, VP Marketing, Troux
At our recent customer conference we took a moment to share the common characteristics we see in our most successful customers. Since this was so well received by the conference attendees we thought it would be a good idea to share with a wider audience.
Start with the end in mind. Seek business value and outcomes that materially... Read More
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Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013
Ben Geller, VP Marketing, Troux
With an average tenure of 4.6 years, CIOs are under pressure to bring meaningful change and demonstrate to the board that they are impacting both the top and bottom line. Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM) solutions allow CIOs to manage IT strategically, optimize IT in the context of the business, support goals by driving innovation and turn IT into a... Read More
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Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013
By: Bill Cason, CTO, Troux
A key ingredient to achieving Business and IT alignment is the development of a common lexicon that all parties can use to describe and manage change. This sounds like a fairly simple requirement, but in practice it can often prove to be difficult. Your enterprise has this problem if you hear comments like these:
"We aren’t all on the same page... Read More
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Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013
By: Chuck Keffer and Jes McPhee
APM (application portfolio management) identifies which applications an organization needs, which it doesn’t, and helps the organization plan for the safe removal of the redundant applications. It also helps organizations manage the costs of the remaining portfolio through hardware refreshes, license renegotiation, moves to new platforms or to... Read More
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