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Industry: Computer Services & IT Services
Role: IT Analyst
Initiative: IT Optimization, IT Strategy & Planning, OtherPrincipal Analyst
Forrester Research (500 - 999 employees)
United States
Topics I'm interested in:Other, IT alignment, Application development
My next big project is:
Application consolidation research
More about me:
IT industry analyst - 27 years in IT industry - focused on application portfolio management (APM), apps modernization and rationalization, and strategic apps planning.
Twitter = FillMurphy
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Member since:October 26 2009
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To Jim's question about APM being drive by vendor upgrades ... I find that the pain on this topic is more often generated by the custom-built applications and firms's uncertainty over what to do with them.
Often, vendors use the "legacy skills shortage" issue to hammer fear into changing technology, but when you pick those claims apart - the pain is most often related to a loss of application knowledge, not the inability to hire certain technical skills.
Small firms may get away with simple inventories, but larger firms need some automation because of all the moving parts - impossible to keep track of change manually in an environment like that.