{"id":115,"date":"2017-02-19T17:22:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T17:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/v3it.com\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2017-02-19T17:22:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T17:22:09","slug":"convert-your-it-to-a-utility-model-let-us-tell-you-when-why-how-and-where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v3it.com\/blog\/convert-your-it-to-a-utility-model-let-us-tell-you-when-why-how-and-where\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert your IT to a utility model &#8211; let us tell you when, why, how and where"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div data-test='contact-form'\n\t\t\tid='contact-form-115'\n\t\t\tclass='jetpack-contact-form-container '\n\t\t\tdata-wp-interactive='jetpack\/form' 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In fact, \u201cComputing may someday be organized as a public utility just as the telephone system is a public utility,\u201d Professor John McCarthy said at MIT\u2019s centennial celebration in 1961. Computing as utility is reality today. It is reshaping the IT industry. There are several articles about it too. With over 25 years of doing systems management, migrations and hosting, my team and I have mastered this art into a science and am sharing a summary of our thoughts in 4 points here. Lot of enterprises know they have to do it. They hesitate because they are not sure why, when, how and where to start.<br \/>\n1. First, let us talk about the &#8220;Why&#8221; &#8211; reasons to starting such an initiative. With the advent of what I term as the continuous disruption in all and every industry, we hear the term that every enterprise needs &#8220;Innovation Freedom&#8221; and that too innovation has to top the speed of light. 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