AVS business alignment
IT assets (applications, virtual machines, VM hosts, disks, servers, devices, and data sources) are managed by the IT department in on-premises environments to support workload operations. IT management provides processes to help support business operations by minimizing disruptions to those assets. We have seen many times when the IT department would like to redo these processes for a more stringent operation but is limited by the possibility of downtime or taking systems offline. When a company migrates to the cloud, management and operations shift slightly, creating an opportunity for tighter business alignment for an even more robust process and less downtime.
Creating business alignment begins with term alignment. IT management has accumulated buzzwords or highly technical terms, just like most engineering professions. Such words can perplex business stakeholders and complicate mapping management services to business values.
Some terminology, as we...