We've come a long way from the days when a single computer filled a vast room and had an army of experts to attend to it. Through successive generations of IT, there's been a quiet revolution: nowadays businesses don't run without it.
Not only are businesses dependant, but cities, countries and international commerce are all woven into a world where everything is networked... for many, connectivity and computing are so pervasive they're scarcely thought-about commodities.
This revolution has some remarkable outcomes: operating model fundamentals can be disaggregated and bolted together anew.
In this issue of Précis we consider one such remodelling - Cloud, utility and ultimately, pay-as-you-go IT models. We explore the landscape and look at infrastructure and communications as services. We go on to review the implications of shared services on costing and IT service management.
In the words of Derek Wilcocks, our executive interview this month, Cloud models can provide the opportunity to completely redefine what one's IT organisation actually does. What does this quiet revolution entail for your business?
Précis – Thoughts on IT in Business.
