The IT Skeptic - Swami

The IT Swami

skeptic — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:17:14 +0000

The IT Swami is the IT Skeptic's alter-ego. While the IT Skeptic uses known facts to draw inference or predict outcome, the IT Swami is not so constrained. He uses instinct, second sight, crystals and patchouli to wildly speculate on the present and future.

DevOps offers hope for the future of IT

skeptic — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 06:24:41 +0000

I was speaking with one of the leading thinkers in DevOps who had come back from the Gartner conference depressed by the lack of insight exhibited by those there who are supposedly the leaders of our industry, and contrasting it to the innovation and excitement of the DevOps Enterprise Summit.

The IT Swami predicts the Twenty-Teens

skeptic — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:29:29 +0000

If Ray Kurzweil can build a world-wide following and a cushy job in the Googleplex based on a 50/50 hit rate and missing some of the biggest developments of the decade, I reckon the IT Swami should be in the running for a gig somewhere. Tweet this Here are his predictions for the coming years.

How prescient is Ray Kurzweil and how useful are his predictions?

skeptic — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:31:25 +0000

Even a blind squirrel finds a few nuts. But Ray Kurzweil missed the Cloud, Facebook, Twitter, SaaS, phone apps, and Angry Birds.

More Future of IT Management

skeptic — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:37:03 +0000

In which the IT Swami updates his vision of the future of ITSM and the IT Skeptic looks forward to upcoming conferences.

The future of IT management

skeptic — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:22:30 +0000

We're having lots of great debate about a number of areas that are supposedly going to transform IT. The focus of this blog is IT management, so here are some thoughts on what is and isn't going to transform IT management, including some long-overdue predictions from the IT Swami!

IT in 2011

skeptic — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:04:54 +0000

A forum post on LinkedIn asked us what will IT be like in 2011? I checked the police website and found the IT Swami was last seen in Hokitika, poaching paua (abalone) for the Chinese market. After a close shave while diving under the influence he appears to have seen the light on stripping our birthright to supply Asian greed through Kiwi greed. I finally found him building a gypsy house-truck that included a local area network, UPS and satellite link. I got up early enough in the morning to catch him sober (as he wasn't awake yet) and quickly recorded his predictions while he fumbled for his cigarettes:

How long will the IT recession last?

skeptic — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:06:52 +0000

Newsflash for internet writers: The recession isn't over. It hasn't even really got going yet. Stop trying to talk the market back up. It doesn't work for real estate agents and it doesn't work for IT. Get real.

The IT Swami's Predictions for 2009 and ITSM in Recession

skeptic — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:28:01 +0000

The IT SwamiLate last night as I worked at my computer, I looked up at a sound in the normally quiet cul de sac that houses Two Hills World Headquarters Tower. From the back door of a police car tumbled the IT Swami, closely followed by his swag, which appeared to have been hurled rather than just fell. The police car then drove off while he picked himself up and examined himself for broken bones, or perhaps it was just some exotic late-night yoga - he does subscribe to strange practices.

In a familiar routine, I raced downstairs to hide the good whisky and cognac before he got to the doorbell. I slipped the smaller ornaments into a cupboard and put the kettle on. I knew he would need a coffee to sober him up.

The future of IT is Governance, Service and Assurance: The Seventh Vision revised

skeptic — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:50:07 +0000

Several readers of The IT Skeptic have asked where is the IT Swami and in particular where were his New Year's predictions for 2008? Now we can reveal all.

Visions of the Future of ITIL: the IT Swami's Seventh and Final Vision

skeptic — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:42:25 +0000

Now, the final of the IT Swami's mid-year Visions of the Future of ITIL. Previously we had six other visions starting with the First.

Here is the ultimate seventh Vision:

Visions of the Future of ITIL: Third Vision

skeptic — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:00:39 +0000

The IT Swami gives us his mid-year Visions of the Future of ITIL. Previously we had the First Vision and Second Vision. This is the Third:

Visions of the Future of ITIL: Second Vision

skeptic — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:10:27 +0000

The IT Swami gives us his mid-year Visions of the Future of ITIL. Yesterday we had the First Vision. This is his Second Vision:

Visions of the Future of ITIL: First Vision

skeptic — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:29:08 +0000

On a freezing Southern midwinter solstice night last month, beside a driftwood bonfire on wild Pukerua Bay beach, New Zealand, the IT Swami gazed into the future to give us his “Southern New Year” predictions for the IT Infrastructure Library. I was shivering as I wrote so some of my notes are a little illegible but here is the first of his visions that I recorded:

The IT Swami predicts 2007

skeptic — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:53:51 +0000

The IT Skeptic takes the day off, doing what skeptics do for fun (don’t ask). In his place we have his alter-ego the IT Swami kicking off the New Year with some predictions for IT in the coming twelve months.

In Service Management:

The itSMF, EXIN and ASEB – all snubbed by OGC - will drive the new ISO20000 industry.

The ITIL 3 books will be good. Sales will be brisk. They will be greeted with acclaim in most quarters and criticism in a few (including this site, you can bet). One country in Europe will be less enthusiastic.