Shift From Tactical to Strategic Focus
In just about every organization, IT is in transition. Once a cost center focused on infrastructure, hardware and application maintenance, IT is becoming like any other asset with a vital, strategic role in the businesses it serves—it must compete for investment dollars and demonstrate tangible business returns. With the strategic use of technology, IT can help organizations improve and transform business processes, react quickly to changing market conditions, comply with new federal regulations, cut cost of operations, reduce p roduct time to market, and enhance employee mobility and flexibility. roduct time to market, and enhance employee mobility and flexibility.