Monday, July 31, 2006

Interesting article on IT Metrics - the business view 

Current State
IT spending as a percentage of revenue n IT spending as a percentage of operating expense

IT head count as a percentage of total head count
Agility
Ratio of percentage change in revenue to percentage change in IT spending, year over year


Ratio of percentage change in operating expense to percentage change in IT spending, year over year


Ratio of percentage change in business head count to percentage change in IT head count, year over year
Portfolio
Percentage of IT spending to:
Run the business
Grow the business
Transform the business (innovation)
Service Delivery
Percentage of end-to-end commitments to users met
Business cost of failure to meet end-to-end commitments
Customer
Customer satisfaction with:
Operations
Development and support processes
Personnel
Employees
Employee satisfaction
Employee/key employee turnover
Compensation costs
Percentage of employees on-/offshore
Percentage of contractors on-/offshore
Infrastructure
Unit costs of all systems
Market basket cost (unit cost for each platform multiplied by platform volume)
Reliability/availability end to end and by system
Risk
Impact of virus
Impact of security breach
Impact of compliance failure


Thursday, January 26, 2006

Spasamui 


Monday, October 03, 2005

Nvu - The Complete Web Authoring System for Linux, Macintosh and Windows 

Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.

Friday, September 30, 2005

ExpressFutures - Discount online futures & options trading, quotes, charts, live news, futures 101 

ExpressFutures - Discount online futures & options trading, quotes, charts, live news, futures 101: "Delivery Months Legend
F - JanG - FebH - MarJ - AprK - MayM - JunN - JulQ - AugU - SepV - OctX - NovZ - Dec"

Sunday, September 25, 2005

AuctionPix, UK Based Image Host and US$ Currency Exchange 

A tool that looks for shill bidding on Ebay

Sunday, September 18, 2005

The Flying Mobulas of the Sea of Cortez 

Ray's leaping from the sea!

Philip Greenspun's home page 

Interesting homea page

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Ordering Guide for Server Racks, Computer Racks, Server Cabinets, LAN Racks, Computer Cabinets 

Ordering Guide for Server Racks, Computer Racks, Server Cabinets, LAN Racks, Computer Cabinets: "Rack Ordering Guide
for Server Racks, LAN Racks, Network Equipment Cabinets, & Computer Cabinets"