CIO: Virtualisation

Like many technology terms, virtualisation is one that is likely to keep you out of the boardroom.

However if you can present it as a business concept then you are more likely to get the CEO's attention.

So instead of virtualisation been described as way to eg. reduce the TCO of the IT function, it can be played as follows:

• A mechanism that will stop business units from creating competing power structures using the number of servers they have allocated to their unit as a measure of military capability

• A mechanism that will allow staff to work from anywhere, whether that be in any of the offices across the planet, their home, the beach or Starbucks.
• A mechanism to promote collaboration and knowledge flow
• A mechanism for the customer to have a single view of the organisation.  

So now IT paradigms become a source of business wisdom. And you become the business sage.