Mark Stabler - Embracing Enterprise Best Practices - Aligning IT With Your Business

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Mark Stabler, corporate strategist for BMC Software, truly knows the questions that are on a CIO's mind when it comes to aligning ITIL with their business. But, there are some important questions that the IT organization itself needs to ask. IT must understand why they are important to business, which process is most important and when, and how to construct an infrastructure that maps back to business priorities. These are keys to moving up the IT maturity curve and achieving value creation ... an "activation" of your IT team.

Businesses become agile when an IT organization is working so smoothly that users are unaware of the infrastructure layer. You accomplish this, Mark says, by understanding and embracing best practices like ITIL, then implementing the appropriate technology that allows your business to align with IT ... like business service management (BSM). But don't forget your people in the datacenter of tomorrow, Mark warns. It's all about eliminating human error, not people.

Resources

SHARE: An independent, volunteer run association providing IBM customers with user focused education, professional networking, and industry influence

ITIL: The de facto standard for IT best practices

Business Service Management: Activate your business with the power of IT through BSM

ONLINE AT 90 MPH: Podcast interview with Mark Stabler, Corporate Strategist for BMC Software, Inc.

Mark Stabler's blog on TalkBMC: Unlocking BSM; Finding Your Route to Value

Bio

Mark Stabler helps develop and drive BMC Software's Business Service Management (BSM) and corporate strategy. Bringing a unique global perspective, he was instrumental in the design and messaging of Business Service Management and is considered one of the "founding fathers" of BMC Software's Routes to Value™. Formerly the head of sales and business development at IT Masters, he led the company's acquisition by BMC Software in 2003. Stabler has an impressive 25-year IT industry track record with specific focus on Enterprise Management solutions. He spent several years at Computer Associates, most recently as the Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, following the acquisition of Legent Corporation in 1995. He spearheaded several of CA's business units including research and development, marketing, channels, and strategic alliances.

Mark is a special advisor to the Board of the National and International Center for Missing and Exploited Children and also sits on the board of Parents for Megan's Law.

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