Dealing with naturally risk-averse and conservative IT policies becomes increasingly less desirable to consumers when compared to the types of enablement available to the adventurous as technology rapidly evolves. IT is left to languish unappreciated, a resource of last resort, with an insurmountable burden of legacy-induced maintenance, and no chance of being seen as anything other than an impediment. A look at some possible causes of past migrations suggests how IT might be able to avoid the ignominy of being dumped and tumbled under the waves of change.
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Riding the 5th Wave to Escape the Dead Hand of IT
Posted by: Dick Benton February 15, 2012 05:00 AMDealing with naturally risk-averse and conservative IT policies becomes increasingly less desirable to consumers when compared to the types of enablement available to the adventurous as technology rapidly evolves. IT is left to languish unappreciated, a resource of last resort, with an insurmountable burden of legacy-induced maintenance, and no chance of being seen as anything other than an impediment. A look at some possible causes of past migrations suggests how IT might be able to avoid the ignominy of being dumped and tumbled under the waves of change.