Key Industry Trend: We
tend to think of technology in linear terms. It is not linear, it’s just that
we have been trained to think via school by rules of thumb, and process
oriented route, to simplify the unknown and curriculums respectively for broad
application and consumption. What is more often the case in technology, technology
advents occur in an Exponential to S curved type fashion and at the top of the
curves starts a new technology. I.e. Grid computing to Cloud Computing.
Often times identifying business efficiencies and cost
reduction goals comes by way of metrics set forth by Finance and Center of
Excellence groups that we, as operations professionals, need to achieve.
However, the linear fashion of these metrics such as a “3 year cyclical review
and auto renew contracts” is a complete mismatch of for the technological
growth curves and advents that occur in actual industry practice.
As such it is time to move away from the 3 year cyclical RFP
model and look to creating a model and culture where we seek innovation early
from the onset and launch of a new technology within an organization. Setting
metrics and more robust review plans on both talent to implement and strategies
that reduce the cost to implement. This will make the technological lift and
shifts more practical.
Moreover to adequately support the IT organization from a
procurement perspective there needs to be greater focus on Identification these
cost savings through strategic measures as oppose to administration of
strategies. New variants will need to be beckoned on IT category matrix’s. The
The technology is now much more integrative and powerful. For example, see
infographic on cloud computing here below.
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