The Big IT Picture
Rob Preston's column--and the general tone of your "Business Credibility" issue (March 5, 2003)--implies that the IT business unit needs to align itself with the organization as a whole.
As IT professionals, we need to take a larger view, and promote the modification of business-unit practices in concert with IT practices and technologies. Most organizations will not realize the benefits IT can provide until they adjust their business practices to take full advantage of the technology and examine their own barriers to productivity.
Many hospitals, for example, are beginning to understand this concept. Some are putting in systems that will increase efficiency and decrease error by reducing dependency on physician handwriting, eliminating duplication of medication orders and avoiding confusion about meds that have similar names but perform different functions.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
