Publication: CRN, 7 Feb 2012
The broad proliferation of cloud services, managed services, and hosting options has brought IT to a place where nearly everything could be run and maintained outside the “four walls” of the enterprise. Enterprise IT leadership is now revisiting fundamental services, and assessing who should source them. Successful enterprises are leading the way in this transformation. Rather than starting with the assumption that internal resources are the best way to source a service, effective IT leaders are taking an objective look at both internal and external resources, and choosing the alternative that makes the most sense for the business. Rather than trying to protect budgets, CIOs are working with CEOs and the rest of the business to map investments to priorities.
