Don Sheppard

I'm a IT management consultant. I began my career in railways and banks after which I took up the consulting challenge! I try to keep in touch with a lot of different I&IT topics but I'm usually working in areas that involve service management and procurement. I'm into developing ISO standards, current in the area of cloud computing (ISO JTC1/SC38). I'm also starting to get more interested in networking history, so I guess I'm starting to look backwards as well as forwards! My homepage is http://www.concon.com but I am found more here.

Articles by Don Sheppard

The cloud service broker – a necessary role?

Are you planning or have you implemented a CSB in your environment? Read this blog for further detail.

Looking forward to 2017

The calendar year end is always a good time to look back at accomplishments and forward to the future in ICT. The global ICT industry has never been more complex technically and organizationally, and this blog explores the technology evolutions that might emerge this year.

IoT opportunities for Santa Claus

There are many options for self-disruption in the business of Christmas. Santa Claus would be well advised to seek out expert help on his digital transformation journey. This blog highlights the game-changing nature of IoT.

The cyber security “as a service” strategy

Cyber security is, without doubt, the biggest elephant in the IT room. Over the past decade, security has probably been the single biggest inhibitor to the emerging digital transformation. This blog explores the options available for organizations to implement security best practices.

Notes from Technicity 2016: Building smarter cities

Technicity 2016 was an opportunity to gauge Toronto’s progress towards the goal of a digital, connected, smarter city. This year both the IoT and Blockchain technologies seem to have stolen the spotlight away from cloud computing.

Some thoughts from the iTech 2016 conference

The consumerization of IT and security in the cloud were just a couple of the subjects at this year's iTech conference.

Fake news and the end of trust on social networks

Does anyone believe everything they see, hear and read on the Internet? This blog explores why you should have "news skepticism".

DellEMC lets the transformation begin

Dell Technologies completed the acquisition of EMC Corporation on September 7th. Blogger Don Sheppard attended the DellEMC Forum 2016 in Toronto discussing technologies from the newly combined Dell and EMC.

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