Nicholas Carr asks if CIOs are "dead weight." Perhaps, unless the CIO *is* the IT dept.

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Does anyone really think Nicholas Carr is relevent anymore? I mean, he raised a devil's advocate, thought provoking issue a few years back and ever since he's tried to play the role of provocateur to the IT Management ranks.

IT outsourcing and "in-sourcing" are cyclical in nature because technology is not yet delivered as a utility, but requires a certain skillset to implement and manage. Companies focus on their "core business" and move towards outsourcing their non-core functions. So they outsource payroll and hire an overpriced consulting firm to "manage" the IT. The companies go through a period where they realise that in an outsourced environment the cost of flexibility and change is quite high because they've moved from a Capex model to an Opex model - so the skin in the game isn't there's, they have a contract and their vendor won't let them go. The company winds out the contract, rebuilds its internal IT staff swearing to never get done again. The cycle repeats itself over and over again.

This behaviour has been going on for nearly twenty years in some companies. Until the model really arrives where you can turn a dial and get some more Citrix, pay for more storage as you use it, have DR and a managed environment while maintaining some control over your application set administration, then this cycle will continue. Then things will change.

Posted by: SuperSean   Posted on: 03/23/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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