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Yes, they will
We are actually seeing a retrenching in the the IT world where the data is being pulled back into a GRID or monolithic SMP server. This will require IT departments. Why the media is insisting that outsourcing is working is beyond me, most of the major projects I have seen outsourced have failed miserably. Until we can describe to the finest degree what we want, it will not work.

Our projects tend to be very amorphous in the USA with requirements changing daily (if not hourly) using remote deveopment staff whose primary language is not ours just doesn't work.

Back in the 80's I commissioned a report to find out what hardware systems Nuclear Plants were using for gamma spectrum analysis. The request went out over a computrer network to the IT managers. Only 60% answered the question correctly based on follow-up phone calls to the actual technicians doing the work. This shows that even at the first level (the manager) the information is becoming distorted, what ahppens at 2-3 levels removed?

I am afraid your IT directors are perhaps thinking in terms of what they would like to see rather than what will really be, which is pretty scarey given they will base their decisions on these perceptions rather than reality!
Posted by: mikerault   Posted on: 05/27/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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If Microsoft Windows still exists by then..  Jeff Spicoli | 05/23/05
Death of IT? NOT!  Unicornrider | 05/23/05
Wow! Are these CIO's that out of touch?  alterego_z | 05/23/05
In principle I agree  jorwell | 05/23/05
Now that's a scary thought...  Zen37 | 05/23/05
Nice study!!!!  gblumberg@... | 05/23/05
Huh, I got mine, didn't you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/23/05
False question used to slant poll...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/23/05
Yes of course  hipparchus2000 | 05/23/05
Microsoftware = IT Full Employment Act  Atlant | 05/24/05
Replace IT? Not bloodly likely...  OldeTimeGeek | 05/24/05
Outsourcing all things is a major disaster  manielse@... | 05/24/05
I agree...Outsourcing all things is a major disaster  jbegleyc@... | 05/24/05
Gartner & Breeding Lemmings  Eagle5017 | 05/24/05
Your right,, IT departments will change.  papatator | 05/25/05
These morons predicted the death of the Mainframe too  kwicke12@... | 05/25/05
IT departments in 2010  sumanmehta | 05/26/05
This is like saying we're heading for...  DancinKatieh@... | 05/27/05
This is laughable (and typical of Gartner)  dhammond@... | 05/27/05
Yes, they will  mikerault | 05/27/05
I'll bet on the real thing  pmilano | 05/27/05
I say yes we will exist  j.yiesla@... | 05/28/05
In the service industry - no doubt  d0rian9rey | 06/04/05
RE: Will IT departments still exist in 2010?  RyonanGT | 07/30/09

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