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Paul Mayne
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT - ARCHITECT
Paul is the lead for CIBER’s IT Strategic Consulting and the Cloud Computing Group within the IT Strategy and Architecture Practice. He is an IT professional with more than 25+ years experience. His most recent roles were leading consulting projects in the IT area for banks, utilities, telecommunications operators and various other types of clients. He has been a CIO, VP of Technology, Director of Consulting Services and Director of Applications Development, Production Support, Testing and Operations. His areas of expertise are in Business and Systems Architecture, IT Operations Management, Business Analytics, CRM, Data Center Strategy, Design and Management, Cloud Computing Services, Transformation and M&A Strategy, Managed Services Operations, and IT Service Management. He has worked for companies such as IBM, Convergys, EDS, PricewaterhouseCoopers, GTE/Verizon, EMC and Cable & Wireless.
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Why run my ERP in the Cloud?
Paul Mayne, Principal Consultant - Architect : 13 February 2012 / 9:38 AM : 1 
The introduction of cloud computing has provided an additional dimension to IT service delivery and radical concepts that challenge the view of the value of on-premise systems. The question of cost is changing the dynamic and rules that govern financial systems. These rules were:
#1 – my business critical data must sit in my data center
#2 – no one can touch my data or my systems or my machines other than my personnel
#3 – nobody can run my financial systems better than I can
#4 – if you disobey any of the 3 you will not be in business very long.
In reality, 10 years ago we had the same rules for email, and now 1 i...
Posted in Enterprise Integration & IT Strategy on 13 February 2012
Tagged: Application Architecture Automation Frameworks Business Architecture Business Modeling CIO Enterprise 2.0 ERP Information Management IT Planning IT Strategy IT to Business Alignment IT Value Lawson Oracle Organizational Change Management PeopleSoft PeopleSoft EPM performance management Process Improvement Risk management Roadmap SAP BPC Thought Leadership
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The future of the Data Center as a CIO Asset
Paul Mayne, Principal Consultant - Architect : 12 September 2011 / 8:46 AM : 0
Today’s IT department is seeing the presence of a data center disappearing in more ways than one. Most desktops, laptops and smart phones are providing the services the IT user traditionally requested from IT. Almost 40% of a company’s computing power now resides outside of the data center. Data is now delivered in many more formats (remember the green bar paper that was delivered in the mornings from the IT print shop…oops, I am showing my age!). In reality, IT infrastructure does not sit in a single location anymore, or we may not even know where it lives. Computing power is distributed, more business user information resides in personal computers, USBs and attached...
Posted in Enterprise Integration & IT Strategy on 12 September 2011
Tagged: Application Architecture Business Continuity Business Impact Analysis Business Value Change Management CIO Cloud Computing Data Center Transformation Enterprise Architecture Governance Risk and Compliance High Availability/Failover IT Planning IT Strategy IT to Business Alignment IT Value Managed Services Risk management Roadmap Technology Architecture
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