The CIO struggles to manage Infrastructure as they
prepare for change


While the business faces changes that require more agility, IT
is seen as lagging behind - even when CIOs carefully manage business and IT
alignment:



  • IT objectives still include only cost reduction and quality.
    IT objectives rarely reflect enterprise agility objectives. CEOs want greater
    agility but do not talk about it as a measurable objective. Instead, many
    firms still measure IT on its contribution to cost reductions inside and
    beyond the walls of IT, along with its reliability and its availability to run
    today’s business.

  • Business agility improvement projects do not easily gain
    funding. There are a number of current trends that, in theory, should improve
    agility – such as service-oriented architecture
    (SOA), on-demand services, pervasive technologies, outsourcing, Dynamic
    Business Applications, agile development, and offshoring. However, IT still
    needs to plan for and rightsize these options to reach the agility required
    while balancing the costs and risks. In addition, these technologies require
    cross-department investment in enterprises where each business unit manages
    budgets separately
    .

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