it4it state of the forum ogsfo partner pavilion jan 2016

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IT4IT State of the ForumPartner PavilionBy Michael Fulton, President, Americas DivisionCC and C SolutionsJanuary 25, 2016


Who is CC&C?

» CC&C Solutions (CC&C) is an Enterprise Architecture & IT Transformation consulting, training and implementation organization, headquartered in Sydney, Australia and staffed worldwide.

» Our mission is to lead the development and growth of Enterprise Architecture and IT Capability…

• for the individual• for the organization • and for the industry


What is IT4IT™?

» IT4IT™, an evolving Open Group standard, provides a vendor neutral, technology agnostic and industry agnostic reference architecture for managing the Business of IT, enabling insight for continuous improvement;

» IT4IT™ provides the capabilities for managing the business of IT will enable IT execution across the entire Value Chain in a better, faster, cheaper way with less risk;

» IT4IT™ is industry independent to solve the same problems for everyone» IT4IT™ is designed for existing landscapes and accommodates future IT

paradigms


IT4IT Goals and overview

» A collaborative approach to improving IT efficiency» Creating standardized, vendor-neutral IT architecture» Driving cost reduction and value optimization

• The Open Group• The IT4IT™ Forum• Value propositions


What is the problem we are solving with IT4IT?

» Lack of cooperation across all IT leads to sub-optimization» Insufficiently integrated IT Management toolsets, lack of prescriptive

guidance» Inability to gain true insight in order to make good decisions» Immaturity makes it virtually impossible to tackle disruptive innovations like

cloud, agility, mobility, BYOD, …


Evolution of the IT4IT Standard

Value Chain

9/2011

RA 1.0 (level 2)

1/2013

RA 1.3 (level 3)

10/2014

RA 0.5 (level 1)

8/2012

RA 1.2 (level 3)

3/2014

RA 2.0 (level 3)

10/2015

RA 2.1 (level 3)

Fall 2016


State of the Forum

» 350+ tweets with #IT4IT in January 2016 before start of #OGSFO» 5100+ downloads of IT4IT standard

– 783 organizations, 2921 individuals

» 900+ downloads of reference cards» 580+ downloads of IT4IT Pocket Guide » 50+ companies, 250+ individuals signed up for IT4IT forum» Spoke about IT4IT at multiple outside conferences, 15+ events targeted for

2016» Active Speakers Bureau set up to provide potential speakers with help with

content and locations for speaking opportunities


What are they saying - Value Chain

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From the IT new hire all the way up to the CIO, everyone in IT gets the

Value Chain and can see themselves and their

experiences in it.


What are they saying – Reference Architecture

IT4IT RA provides what ITIL doesn’t,

prescriptive information about what

functionality and data is needed to deliver the

business of IT.


What’s Coming Next

» IT4IT Management Guide available here in #OGSFO » Kickoff of IT4IT / OP3 Alignment Joint Task Force, Maturity Model project,

Tool Certification project here in #OGSFO» Journal of Enterprise Architecture IT4IT Special Edition – published in April» People Training & Certification, course accreditations – publicly available

worldwide in April » Fall 2016 - IT4IT V2.1 released


Upcoming Events for 2016

» Open Group Hyderabad (Feb 2016) - IT4IT for the Indian market» Pink16 Las Vegas (Feb 2016)» Netherlands Architecture Forum – Insight (March 2016)» Open Group London (Apr 2016) - IT4IT in a world of Cloud & Services » ITSMF Norway (Apr 2016)» Knowledge16 (May 2016)» HPE Discover16 USA and Americas (June 2016)» Open Group Austin (July 2016) - Shifting the conversation to Business Value using

IT4IT » Open Group Paris (Oct 2016) - IT4IT V2.1 released» ITSMf Fusion (Nov 2016)» HPE Discover16 Europe (Nov 2016)


Final ThoughtIT4IT is the future of managing the Business of IT.

Are you and your organization ready to embrace the future?


Connect with me at• [email protected]• https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfulton • http://www.ccandcsolutions.com • Twitter - @cccamericas• Skype - cincibuckeyenut

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