The time of the cloud has arrived
November 25, 2014
Grazed from WhaTech. Author: Editorial Staff.
Such has been the popularity of the practice that it has prompted some commentators to predict the ‘death of IT; to suggest that most IT purchasing decisions will be made by business units within a few years. However news of IT’s death are greatly exaggerated, according to US based Verizon Enterprise Solutions.
After surveying almost 200 of its own customers and drawing on research from the likes of the Boston Consulting Group, Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, Accenture, Forrester Research, Gartner and IDC, it has concluded that "IT is firmly in the driver’s seat when it comes to cloud purchases and business transformation."…
It says that, on average, more than 80 percent of spending on cloud services is managed by IT departments and that over half of that 80 percent is managed directly by the CIO. However, it adds: "Thirty eight percent [of respondents] said the line of business was responsible during the planning phase. This suggests that IT and the lines of business respect each other’s expertise and are working together to achieve the best results."…
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