http://www.thewebpitch.com/opinion/the-it-department-will-disappear-within-five-years/ A blog exploring The Social Web - Learn. Explore. Profit. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thewebpitch.com/opinion/the-it-department-will-disappear-within-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-19808 IT without the IT Department | ZapThink Thu, 20 May 2010 16:20:59 +0000 http://www.thewebpitch.com/opinion/the-it-department-will-disappear-within-five-years/#comment-19808 [...] We’re not the only ones to prognosticate the demise of the IT department. From our perspective, we don’t care if the IT department exists or not as long as IT is delivering value to the business. But all signs are pointing to a diminished role for the IT department as developer, manager, innovator, and owner of IT assets. The real future of IT exists outside the enterprise – there is simply more money and value being created there on a daily basis than the internal IT organization can compete with. What does this mean for IT departments? We see inevitable shrinkage and focus of IT on governance and architecture. What does this mean for businesses? Greater value for every dollar of IT technology investment. What does this mean for incumbent IT vendors? Unless they are involved in legacy or plan to compete outside the enterprise, they too will diminish in the long-term. [...] [...] We’re not the only ones to prognosticate the demise of the IT department. From our perspective, we don’t care if the IT department exists or not as long as IT is delivering value to the business. But all signs are pointing to a diminished role for the IT department as developer, manager, innovator, and owner of IT assets. The real future of IT exists outside the enterprise – there is simply more money and value being created there on a daily basis than the internal IT organization can compete with. What does this mean for IT departments? We see inevitable shrinkage and focus of IT on governance and architecture. What does this mean for businesses? Greater value for every dollar of IT technology investment. What does this mean for incumbent IT vendors? Unless they are involved in legacy or plan to compete outside the enterprise, they too will diminish in the long-term. [...]

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