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While organizations have to consider people, process, and technology, they also have to apply these in a way that aligns with their business goals
Through Micro Focus’ containerization strategy and ValueFirst methodology, Whitlock was able to keep the project onschedule, carry out the full implementation on-premise, and eventually move them to the cloud.
In its pursuit toward delivering value in the ITSM landscape, Whitlock is equally supported by its partner ecosystem. The company leverages the tools and technology of its core partners, such as Micro Focus in the pre-sales health and support function and in ensuring that the clients’ needs are met as far as future capabilities are concerned. “Micro Focus provides us the benefit of flexibility that helps us in our ValueFirst methodology,” adds Jamieson. No wonder Whitlock has won the 2017 Micro Focus global partner of the year award for demonstrating success and growth in meeting customers’ needs consistently.
Jamieson mentions that Whitlock is focused on understanding the latest trends in the industry such that they can create new go-to-market solutions and explore new partner sets. While Micro Focus’s containerization strategy will help Whitlock expand its managed service offering, going forward, the firm will also focus on DevOps. The entire move toward the cloud, hybrid IT, and agile methodology has ensured the maturity of DevOps after years of struggle. “A chasm always existed between a company’s ‘Dev’ and ‘Ops’ till now, but the movement to the cloud and improvement in the automation system have broken it, and we are uniquely positioned to support our customers in the near future,” concludes Jamieson.
Company
Whitlock Infrastructure Solutions
Headquarters
Durham, NC
Management
Jeffrey M. Jamieson, President
Description
Whitlock Infrastructure Solutions, headquartered in Durham, NC delivers value to clients through ValueOps and ValueFirst methodologies. By enabling enterprise-level methodologies to its clients, Whitlock is trying to close the gap between IT and business for ensuring the derived business objectives are met with. The enterprise has had several collaborations with Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 firms across the globe. Whitlock also leverages the technology and tools by its partners. The enterprise has been successful in enabling companies to understand the need for bringing in a perfect alignment between process, technology and people and the desired business objectives
