So many moving parts constitute ‘ IT ‘ and a majority of daily operations in a typical organisation are dependant on them. Knowing how all work together is a big ask but often required to ensure you don’t introduce vulnerabilities during configuration, break dependencies during modifications or down services during maintenance. 

More often than not, simply asking the right questions can be half the battle. We come at technology from the users perspective and often deliver solutions in a completely different way to ‘assumed’. Even a simple ‘ lift and shift ‘ has network, security and potentially org wide pre-requisite requirements that could, if not assessed correctly, cause a cascade of failures across multiple services simultaneously. Not good.

Don’t hit and hope. Chances are high that we’ve been there, we’ve done that and that we’ll continue to push the boundaries to understand limitations; so you don’t have too ( at potentially great cost ! )