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2010 and the IT world according to Gartner

I read an article this morning at eChannelline by Mark Cox that I found interesting about IT playing a big role in post-recession strategy.  You can read the entire article here

Basically the article stated that in 2010, sixty-two percent of the CE0's surveyed by Gartner in this particular survey "say that IT-enabled changes will be a key element in their post-recession strategy".  This is indeed encouraging news!

Now, I'm not expecting 2010 busines to be what it was in 2006 / 2007 and neither is Gartner but, according to Mark Cox's article "Mark Raskino, research vice president and Gartner fellow. "Business leaders are gasping for growth after a long period holding their breath, and they are expecting to increase the importance of IT in their post-recession approach."

Cloud computing in any form, be it public, private or a hybrid will certainly become a major consideration in the execution of any approach taken.

As we wind down 2009 and begin to look to 2010, Cirrhus9 is well positioned to help companies implement their stratigic IT initiatives.  Our business consultants can architect cloud based solutions that will grow with the clients needs well into the future.  Once the solution is architected, our team of implementation specialists can instantiate the cloud environment(s), migrate the legacy systems and setup any new applications that the clients need.

To round out the offerings, our administration team can provide up to 24/7 cloud based and application managed services.  SLA's are also available to further ensure uptime, performance and reliability, if the client desires or requires it.

To qoute Mark's article again "These findings reinforce Gartner's IT spending forecast of 3.3 percent growth in 2010," Raskino said. "With this warm attitude to IT, CIOs should stand their ground if peers attempt to gain investment share at IT's expense."

2009 has been an eye-opening year for us and we're looking forward to 2010 and what it will bring with great anticipation.  As your company moves into 2010 and you begin your stratigic IT initatives, Cirrhus9 is here to help flawlessly execute them with you.  If you would like more information on Cirrhus9 and our business services, don't hesitate to contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mike

3Tera / Applogic Certified Cloud Operator

In June I went to the 3Tera boot camp up in Irvine.  The focus of the boot camp was Applogic grid creation and deployment, grid maintenance and to a lesser degree, application design and architecture.

It was a pretty intense course that I blogged about here.

After taking my time and really studying the material, I took the certification exam yesterday and past!  We can now say that Cirrhus9 has staff that are certified by 3Tera as "Certified Cloud Operators" on their Applogic product.  Yet another way Cirrhus9 provides World Class Service to our clientel.

In July, we formally announced the availability of the Cirrhus9 "Cloud Service Provider" program.  This certification fits in perfectly with our CSP offering and is really the next logical step.   Not only can our clients and potential clients feel secure in the fact that Cirrhus9 provides the highest level of customer service, they can now rest assured that Cirrhus9 will deliver the CSP by certified professionals.  Another nice feather in our cap.

Moving forward, Cirrhus9 will continue to gain the appropriate certifications needed to continually bring our brand of world class customer service to every job we do.

Merry Christmas!

Mike