Hi everyone. I hope you have been enjoyed my blog. It has been an interesting journey the last few weeks. I went to visit a friend last week and caught up on good times.
He is the CIO of a retail company in the Los Angeles area. Some how we ended up talking about Business Intelligence and the evolution of software delivery. I didn't know he is part of a very influential MicroSoft Technology Counsel and they were just discussing these same topics about the future of on-demand and Software-as-a-Service model.
He mentioned that there seems to mixed feelings in the group of CIOs that he met with. However, they all thought it was an interesting approach. He definately liked the solutions and is all about cost cutting, etc. What caught my attention was when he mentioned how he was having a hard time justifying traditional IT infrastructure spending. He believes that the SaaS Model is actually going to make his life easier as CIO and there would be less push back from the business.
This is an interesting point to note. We are taking, what use to be a never ending justification nightmare for CIOs and making their life so much easier. Now the only thing he mentioned that we might be an uphill battle is personal ego and job security concerns.
How do you inform your CEO that you are now interested in scraping all the hardware and software and outsourcing it going forward. How do you justify scrapping a large BI application or Email system? How do CIOs go about informing their CEO and still keep our jobs and ego intact?
I would like to hear your thoughts on this topic.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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