CIOs Recalibrate Their IT Strategies
October 13, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant
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CIOs are increasingly open to new, alternative IT operating models, which also could mean new vendor relationships. A grinding recession, paired with new choices in terms of online software, mobile computing, outsourcing, open source, and more, opens the door to this change according to Information Week article titled “Alternate IT”. Article notes that CIOs are rethinking significant parts of their software strategies, considering alternatives to conventional licenses, maintenance, and fee structures, as well as alternatives to lengthy internal development cycles, complex customization, and long global rollouts and upgrades.
Though the ‘alternative’ approaches to software are named differently, they are making software cheaper, simpler, more flexible, and more accessible. Alternative IT models are gaining ground because, in many cases, they make too much sense to ignore. There is an interesting case study with GlaxoSmithKline in this article. You can download the detailed report here (registration required).
IT serves to systematize and streamline the business process which in turn drives down the cost of operation. As IT matures, the article points there is a major shift in CIOs’ openness to new IT operating models. What’s most striking about the alternative models is where they’re driving IT teams to think differently about their role and the value they provide. Well it’s an overused cliché but “paradigm shift” is the only way to describe the changes happening in the software industry and how they’re helping IT organizations let go of the tactical issues of technology according to the article.
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