Ops, Ops, Ops, and More Ops – Ooops?

DevOps, SecOps, DevSecOps, FinOps, NetOps, ITOps, and now RevOps?

I did a Google search (sorry, ChatGPT was busy) for "types of Ops" and found even more!

With all the emphasis on merging operations with another function, I have to wonder how all this is being coordinated, and are we on the brink of FillInTheBlankOps saturation? Perhaps we should just save a lot of time and combine all of them – RevDevSecNetITFinOps!

But seriously, when I look at Opsapalooza, I can't help but think of how ITAM is the glue that holds this all together. After all, one of ITAM's responsibilities is to represent the interests of all. Another way to think about it is ITAM as the umpire of a tennis match.

The umpire's responsibility is not to decide the outcome of the game but to ensure the match follows the game's rules. The governing body of tennis defines these rules. In ITAM, the umpire is an IT asset manager, and the game is between different departments, such as IT and sales. The match can also be between FinOps and SecOps. The governing body is the ITAM Program which is empowered by executive management.

ITAM spans the silos of the organization to unify business and technology in their adoption and management of IT.