Good Post by Chuck Hollis (thank you)
Complexity is the perpetual bane of enterprise IT groups everywhere.
The individual infrastructure components are straightforward enough when considered individually; getting everything to interoperate smoothly is far more burdensome.
As hardware prices fall — and IT capacity balloons — the focus has clearly shifted to improved operational efficiency: doing more/faster/better but without adding more people. “Simple” is the new killer app in enterprise IT infrastructure.
Read on here