Cloud computing will kill the IT department. True or false?

Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Stuart Kippelman.

I know this might not be a comfortable topic for everyone, but we have to talk about it. What if the cloud becomes the primary data center, and SaaS is the only way applications are sold? Will there be a need for an IT department?

This blog won’t come up with the answer, but an open dialog is always healthy. This topic comes up frequently, and depending on the day and with whom I speak, the viewpoints are very different. I encourage you to post your thoughts and let’s discuss them. There are two very different sides to this topic. Let me try and represent both for your consideration. IT departments are toast:…

The cloud is quickly transforming how information is stored, processed, and managed. Gone are the days of companies needing large data centers, with thousands of servers and an army of people to manage them. Gone are the days of ridiculously complex software customizations, integrations, and teams to manage local applications. There will be no need for most of the IT roles that exist today. The technical experts and developers will mostly work for the companies who make the software or provide the infrastructure. The small IT team will still coordinate activities and manage vendors, but the business departments will run the show and interface directly with the vendors. It’s not shadow IT, because the IT department of the old days is gone!…

Read more from the source @ http://blogs.computerworld.com/saas/22602/does-it-have-role-cloud