The evolution of IT in the era of cloud computing

Grazed from Concur. Author: Editorial Staff.

We sat down with Concur Chief Technology Officer Mark Nelson to talk about the impact of cloud computing on the role of CIOs and IT departments. In his role, Mark is responsible for running all IT for Concur, including the company’s cloud services offerings for customers and internal IT operations for the company. Prior to joining Concur, Mark was responsible for Oracle’s cloud infrastructure, including its Infrastructure as a Service, Java Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure for Fusion Applications SaaS offerings.

1) What is the biggest change in IT landscape w/ advent of cloud computing?

With cloud computing, we’re seeing the traditional role of IT changing quickly. Cloud companies are coming in to sell line of business (LOB) leaders discrete, cloud solutions for their functions. More and more, it’s the LOB, not IT, that’s buying cloud-based solutions, which naturally creates tension between IT and the business…

IT organizations’ primary function is becoming integrators of cloud solutions purchased by lines of business…

Read more from the source @ https://www.concur.com/blog/en-us/the-evolution-of-it-in-the-era-of-cloud-computing