Updated: Feb 14, 2012

Monthly Tech Updates & Presentations

IT Asset Portfolio Analysis

For Mobile Devices

Issues Papers

Configuration Reviews


Monthly Tech Updates

These are brief video reviews (Flash or MP4s) of new technology developments, product announcements, and important technology industry changes that occurred during each month. Each of these 30/40-minute sessions discuss these events and point out implications and impact for our IT shops. View by clicking on the title.


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Live Presentations

These are full presentations (MP4) given in conferences, live client meetings, and other venues. These topics were generally requested by client groups, and represent important issues for IT and finance. View by clicking on the title.


This extended session reviewed business and technology priorities for 2011, and discussed major trends and issues in IT operations/planning. Topics included variable capacity options (e.g. clouds, CUoD), data center trends, and the state of adoption of various technologies (e.g. SSDs, converged infrastructure). Group was composed of senior IT and Finance executives..
[Macquarie seminar, Kuala Lumpur, April 2011 (2:23, 107MB, MP4); Download: Powerpoint Slides]


Mobile Device Access at MEF-SAS.mobi

The audio portions (mp3 format) of some of MEF-SAS.com content can be accessed from Web-capable mobile devices, by accessing MEF-SAS.mobi.

General requirements include a fairly high-speed connection, ability to download/stream MP3 audio files, and Web-browser and navigation capabilities.

The MEF-SAS.mobi site does not require username/password access credentials, in order to facilitate use.


Issues Papers

Download: Can lease versus buy spreadsheets be salvaged? The changing decision criteria for IT equipment acquisition.

IT Asset Portfolio Analysis

IT asset portfolio analysis of current IT holdings with recommendations on upgrades, refresh timing, vendor directions, and emerging alternatives. These files contain information relevant for technology refresh planning. They are mostly SAS evaluations of individual client IT asset portfolios (submitted to SAS under NDA), but also include slides of relevant future issues. They are not comprehensive, since they only deal with subsets of IT asset portfolios of individual clients, but the analysis is often transferable to other vendors' products.

Please note that these assessments and comparisons only apply to the date they were performed/written. Vendors are constantly refreshing products, features, and competitive offerings and this means conclusions reached in these documents might be reversed/invalidated quickly thereafter. The principles used in analysis, however, might prove to be of value in other assessments.

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Topic Date
Portfolio Analysis: End-User Computing Nov 2011
Portfolio Analysis: Servers Jan 2012
Portfolio Analysis: Storage Dec 2011
Briefing: Refresh Planning Jan 2012
Briefing: Refresh Planning Feb 2012

Configuration Reviews

These files contain information relevant for technology financing, sourcing, and architecture planning. These are mostly SAS evaluations of particular technology configurations (submitted to SAS under NDA), but also include slides of general customer interest. They are not comprehensive, since they only deal with the configuration in a specific context, but the issues raised in the write-ups might be important to note in similar situations.

Please note that these assessments and comparisons only apply to the date they were performed/written. Vendors are constantly refreshing products, features, and competitive offerings and this means conclusions reached in these documents might be reversed/invalidated quickly thereafter. The principles used in analysis, however, might prove to be of value in other assessments.

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Topic Date
CheckPoint firewall configuration Feb 2012
Refresh timing for DL380's Jan 2012
Organizing for IT leverage: Centralization Jan 2012
HDS vs. IBM configurations Nov 2011
Comments on IT equipment in Facility financing Sep 2011
Lease Ops Performance Metrics Aug 2011
EMC versus HDS Aug 2011
VNX as archive solution Aug 2011
Comparision of Nexus and 65xx Jun 2011
VDI/converged net pilot design issues May 2011
Cisco WLAN config comments May 2011
VDI configs (HP and Cisco) May 2011
Leasing as tool for Annual Report goals May 2011
Leasing as tool for cost control in schools (webcast slides) Apr 2011
TCO comparison/planning needs Apr 2011
10 IT Cost Mgt Tactics for Schools Mar 2011
Display technologies in Hospitality Feb 2011
10GbE refresh term Feb 2011


These are case study overviews and solutions diagrams from Relational Technology Solutions (RTS), a Macquarie company. For further details on these case studies or for information on RTS, contact Wayne Ianuario, VP of Product Management at wianuario@RTS.com.

Financial Services Case: Overview and Diagram.

Automotive Manufacture Case: Overview and Diagram.

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