IT Market Upheaval Drives Opportunity

J. Caron

Summary Bullets:

• IT market upheaval is good for IT managers
• New Current Analysis IT Connection blog delivers access to analyst thoughts

These are intensely turbulent times. This is true at a macro level, in terms of economic and socio-political change, but also true in the world of IT technology and services. From the hype surrounding the so-called convergence of networking and IT, to the bombastic (some would say obnoxious) revolutionary claims of cloud services, the world of the IT manager and executive really is changing, and this is really good news.

Don’t Get Angry, Get Experience

M. Halama

Summary Bullets:

• Later adopters learn from occasional disappointments of early public cloud services users
• Broadening cloud classes (public, hybrid, private) complement traditional services

There’s some industry talk of a backlash against the cloud. That’s inevitable, given the hype over its promise. In general though, ‘backlash’ presents things too strongly – some individuals understandably feel angry, but market-wide momentum is still behind the uptake of cloud services.