The future role of IT

If you are at all interested in the shifting role of IT as "supporters and drivers of business value" rather than "the people who keep the wheels from falling off", then there is a post by Jim Stikeleather is worth a read (link at bottom).

His point is what I've been advocating for a while now. IT should be delivering business value. Does your IT department deliver value to the business, or do they just keep the computers from breaking?

When was the last time your IT department came up with an idea that transformed your business?

Find the article here: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/04/corporate_it_and_the_conversat.html