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Near-term strategies for IT managers

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:55:40 +0000

Three powerful, fast-moving trends are altering the landscape for business information technology (IT) managers and their staff: cloud computing, mobile computing and the consumerization of IT. The final section of a three-part series, this report presents actionable strategies and tactics that IT managers may use to respond to the new realities of corporate computing. The primary recommendations are to redesign the IT organization for the loss of control, accelerate the IT department’s shift to a service provider model, become more aware of external and internal current realities and emerging trends, and become a proactive leader in developing and implementing IT and corporate strategy.

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New challenges for the IT organization

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:38:23 +0000

Cloud computing, mobile computing and the consumerization of IT are combining to create another force that is overwhelming many IT departments: complexity. This report, the second in a three-part series, examines several types of complexity in the business IT environment, including complexity of devices and applications, physical and virtual computing environments, and the related challenges for IT staff.

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The new IT manager, part 1

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:55:53 +0000

The days of IT departments dictating which computing assets would be used and how are numbered, in large part because of three trends that are converging on organizations and their IT departments: cloud computing, mobile computing and the consumerization of IT. This first section of our three-part report describes and quantifies each of these trends, demonstrating that they are real now, growing rapidly and perilous to ignore.

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The role of organizations, individuals and managers in the new workplace

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:43:03 +0000

The world of work has slowly but steadily changed over the past two decades, to the point where the word “work” itself has shifted from a noun denoting the place we went to do our job to a verb that describes the act of performing tasks. The phrase “I’m going to work” is now more likely to mean entering a state of activity than a physical place. This shift is affecting how work is designed, assigned and completed. Key to that are the roles of the organizations, managers and individual workers. This research note examines how those groups are evolving and what they should do to better align with the new realities of work. Companies mentioned in this research note include Eli Lilly, Li & Fung and LinkedIn. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial.

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