IT Goes On-Demand With Outsourced ITaaS
October 22, 2013
Grazed from Forbes. Author: Walt Strubbe.
For a sector driven by rapid change, it’s always discouraging to hear IT catch blame for being a corporate bottleneck. Yet it’s a refrain growing all the more common with the widespread adoption of SaaS, IaaS and other cloud-based service offerings that enable IT circumvention.
And it’s one that continues to push IT leaders to redefine their strategies and policies. One way IT can retain the control and compliance it needs and still give end users what they want is to operate “as-a-Service,” a movement the industry is calling IT-as-a-Service, or ITaaS…
What is ITaaS?
Outsourced ITaaS transforms IT organizations from a traditional business cost center to a service provider. With this type of model, IT organizations can become more business-focused and introduce a new level of agility to their company…
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