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The cost of devaluing IT

The cost of devaluing IT

By:  Howard Solomon  On: 07 Sep 2012 For: Computing Canada Creator
 

Years of budget cuts have made IT departments more efficient, argues an industry analyst, but at a price. It's time to change the image

Things haven't been easy for the past decade for CIOs and IT managers. Budgets have been tight -- particularly in the past three years -- so administrators have had to be creative.
 
In a way, that's great experience for a manager. But in this column Gartner group vice-president Mark McDonald argues there's been a terrible cost: A devaluation of the worth of IT to the organization. 
 
 
 
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 On the one hand IT departments can boast they're terrifically productive and efficient. On the other, there's only so many applications that can be put into the cloud, so many responsibilities to be handed to a shrinking number of staff. Eventually, something (or someone) breaks.
 
 McDonald argues that it's time organizations thought about leveraging technology to drive growth, a strategy that would value IT departments more. 
 
 
 

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Howard Solomon Howard Solomon I'm assistant editor of ComputerWorld Canada covering network infrastructure, communications and government IT issues. An IT journalist  since 1997, I've written ... more

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