Dallas/Ft. Worth Unix Users Group

The Storage Triage
Information Centric		Technology Centric

The Manageware Goal
"A Clear Line of Sight", in both directions, from the Company Portfolio Management to the Lines of Business (LOB), to the IT Portfolio Management, to the Enabling Technology, and to the Lower Metrics
⇓ Company Portfolio Management ⇓	⇑⇓ Information ⇓⇑ (ROI/TCO) Managed Units of Information Units of Information
⇑⇓ Lines of Business (LOB) ⇓⇑
⇑⇓ IT Portfolio Management ⇓⇑
⇑⇓ Manageware ⇓⇑ The Management Phase Tools
⇑⇓ Enabling Technology ⇓⇑ (100% TCO) Managed Units of Technology Units of Technology Servers Desktops Storage Network Softwares
⇑⇓ Lower Metrics ⇓⇑ Server/Desktop/Storage/Network components SAN NAS DAS RAID SSD

Information Centric deals with the stored Information as Units of Information
across all 5 Phases of the circular IT Life-cycle Management (ITLM) process

Circular IT Life-cycle Management (ITLM)

5 Phases
⇔ Assess ⇔ Strategy ⇔ Design ⇔ Implement ⇔ Manage ⇔
⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ ⇔

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