A colleague of mine recently remarked in frustration that IT often finds itself in the worst possible position: taking the blame for a host of problems — including increasing costs, growing capacity needs and poor responsiveness — while being limited by a lack of real influence and control over the solutions. This comment came as the result of observing an IT organization that was under extreme pressure to reduce costs but was continually finding its attempts overridden by more powerful application and business units based on seemingly unchallenged and unvalidated “needs.”
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Shifting the IT Mindset to Grasp the True Impact of the Cloud
Posted by: James Damoulakis January 7, 2012 05:00 AMA colleague of mine recently remarked in frustration that IT often finds itself in the worst possible position: taking the blame for a host of problems — including increasing costs, growing capacity needs and poor responsiveness — while being limited by a lack of real influence and control over the solutions. This comment came as the result of observing an IT organization that was under extreme pressure to reduce costs but was continually finding its attempts overridden by more powerful application and business units based on seemingly unchallenged and unvalidated “needs.”