The Hub Commentary_
Great analogy, The Silent Killer. Even the name IT (Information Technology) is dated. IT as we know will go through significant transformation, if it stays in-house, in the coming years. Often IT is outsourced to create change and thus the race to the cloud. Today’s IT needs to die to come back to life as the center of innovation that drives business growth, customer loyalty and competitiveness in the future.
IT folks tend to avoid change, but I do not understand why this change is not being. The roles are changing and changing to remove the commodity functions and boost the opportunities of those who remain with more strategic roles, but it does begin with the leadership of the organization.
The article ends with a prediction that 50% of initiatives will drive revenue by 2016. As these barriers are crumbling and evolving into centers of innovation, will history continue to repeat itself and leave the management as the after thought? Those who are successful with quality of service, innovation and growth will instrument and bake the management into these services, investments and strategies. There will no longer be silos of technologies, but rather service performance.
How are you combating the Silent Killer?
Michele
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Priorities of CIOs and CEOs are often so far apart that it can impact business growth, said Gartner analyst Ken McGee. But the analyst said CIOs can help reverse this course by working on projects that will generate financial benefits to their organizations.
