January 12, 2012
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Here is Dice’s list of the top 10 software skills in demand as of January 2012:
Java/Java EE developers
Software developers/engineers
Mobile developers
.NET developers
Project managers
Web developers
System engineers/administrators
Network engineers/administrators
SAP professionals
Business analysts
(Full Story: Java tops list of software skills in demand: employer survey | ZDNet)
November 16, 2010
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Gartner has identified four broad trends that will change IT, and the economy, in the next 10 years:
Cloud
Business impact of social computing
Context Aware Computing
Pattern Based Strategy
(Link: Gartner Identifies Four Converging Trends That Will Change the Face of IT and Business)
March 29, 2010
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For years, we’ve heard the old saw: If only we could run IT like a business! But really, we cannot. IT does not have a market the way a business does, and IT cannot ignore the edicts of the CEO like an outside service provider can.
It is far better to make a clear distinction between the services that need to run as cross-organizational “platform” services and those that support one or more lines of business. The services that support one line of business can be funded by that line of business. The ones that support many lines of business can use a “non-profit” model like I outlined above. These are really two variations of the same model: the subsidized non-profit service provider.
(Link: Inside Architecture : Should IT run “like a business” or “like a non-profit?”)
July 13, 2009
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Given the increasing share of expense dedicated to information and information technology, and the growing availability of outsourcing and “cloud” computing, now is the time for firms to understand their IT costs in transaction terms
For example, did you know that by rough estimate for some companies, the following is true:
* the IT cost per equity trade is approximately $0.17;
* the IT cost per hospital bed is $65 per patient;
* the IT cost per trucking mile is $0.18 – which begins to approach the cost of fuel.
(Link: IT Costs: Do You Speak Their Language? – HarvardBusiness.org)
