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Dec 13

ZDNet – 8 habits of high-performing IT teams

Summary: Accenture says higher-performing IT teams are more open to new projects, cloud and virtualization.

What separates the high performers in IT from the average blokes? They are more open to new ideas and approaches, as well as working closer with customers.

Those are two conclusions coming out of Accenture’s latest research report on the habits and tendencies of high-performing IT teams. The consultancy says it interviewed IT executives in more than 200 global companies across a range of industries.

Here are some of the key areas that Accenture identified as separating “high performers” against average IT teams:

1. High performers invest more in new initiatives, versus maintenance projects. Accenture finds high performers allocate seven percent more of their IT budget to new projects than do other organizations. Although their day-to-day IT operating expenses are expected to stay flat this year, 54% of high performers will spend significantly more on new projects.

2. High performers are further along in their transition to private and public clouds. Regarding current and future initiatives for cloud computing, more advanced IT teams report greater proportions of their infrastructure, application development, and applications will be transitioning to cloud. High performers are transitioning 43% of their infrastructure to cloud, versus 20% of average IT teams. High performers also are moving 27% of application development to cloud, versus 14% of average IT departments.

More of the ZDNet article by Joe McKendrick

IT Strategy — Comments Off on CIO Insight – The IT Rich Get Richer
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Dec 13

CIO Insight – The IT Rich Get Richer

The gap is widening between those organizations that know how to get the most business value of IT and those that don’t view IT as a strategic imperative. The latest version of the annual High Performance IT survey of 202 CIOs conducted by Accenture finds that of the organizations that are high performers, when it comes to using IT to drive the business suggest, most of them are focusing their IT investments on improving customer interactions. In its “High Performers in IT: Defined by Digitial” report, Accenture defines a high performer IT organization using 67 indicators, of which only 13 of the 202 CIOs surveyed were able to meet. By and large, those 13 high performer CIOs are more successful when it comes to employing emerging technologies to create material business advantages.

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IT Strategy — Comments Off on CIO Insight – The Fallacy of IT Consumerization
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Dec 13

CIO Insight – The Fallacy of IT Consumerization

A global survey of 1,600 business and IT decision-makers conducted by Loudhouse Consultancy on behalf of Alfresco, a provider of open source enterprise content management (ECM) software, finds that when it comes to collaboration, internal IT may still know best. Despite all the hype surrounding the consumerization of IT in the age of cloud computing, the Alfresco research indicates that both business decision-makers and the internal IT organization would rather see internal IT delivering these services. But the survey also finds that the main challenge facing IT, in terms of delivering these capabilities, is where anything that pertains to collaboration ranks in the overall list of IT priorities – See more at: http://www.cioinsight.com/it-strategy/messaging-collaboration/slideshows/the-fallacy-of-it-consumerization.html/#sthash.jymlOVIj.dpuf

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IT Strategy — Comments Off on SearchDataCenter – IT priorities in 2014 move beyond virtualization to cloud, automation
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Dec 13

SearchDataCenter – IT priorities in 2014 move beyond virtualization to cloud, automation

Knowing which technologies are on the way out and where you should ramp up IT efforts in 2014 could mean the difference between profit and loss.

But navigating the ever-changing IT space is a daunting challenge — with your business hanging in the balance. TechTarget recently surveyed over 4,100 IT professionals to learn about their IT priorities and to gauge changes on the horizon for 2014. Here’s what we found:
IT goals for 2014

Any adjustment to IT — and its role in everyday business operations — must start by reviewing and establishing a new set of goals. More than 4,100 IT professionals shared their thoughts on the changing focus for their departments, and 37% plan to expand IT to support business growth. Organizations depend on computing as a critical business resource; as the scope of employees, partners and users grows to global proportions, IT must have appropriate computing levels in place to handle the load.

Even when growth is not the top priority, there are always opportunities to enhance the business with key IT projects, and 23% of IT professionals reported selective spending in some technological areas. This may include initiatives like data protection, strategic upgrades to network infrastructure, deploying a virtualization or consolidation project, or some other targeted technology that offers a measurable business benefit.

More of the SearchDataCenter article by Stephen J Bigelow

Get Better / IT Strategy — Comments Off on ZDNet – 8 habits of high-performing IT teams
04
Dec 13

ZDNet – 8 habits of high-performing IT teams

What separates the high performers in IT from the average blokes? They are more open to new ideas and approaches, as well as working closer with customers.

Those are two conclusions coming out of Accenture’s latest research report on the habits and tendencies of high-performing IT teams. The consultancy says it interviewed IT executives in more than 200 global companies across a range of industries.

Here are some of the key areas that Accenture identified as separating “high performers” against average IT teams:

1. High performers invest more in new initiatives, versus maintenance projects. Accenture finds high performers allocate seven percent more of their IT budget to new projects than do other organizations. Although their day-to-day IT operating expenses are expected to stay flat this year, 54% of high performers will spend significantly more on new projects.

2. High performers are further along in their transition to private and public clouds. Regarding current and future initiatives for cloud computing, more advanced IT teams report greater proportions of their infrastructure, application development, and applications will be transitioning to cloud. High performers are transitioning 43% of their infrastructure to cloud, versus 20% of average IT teams. High performers also are moving 27% of application development to cloud, versus 14% of average IT departments.

More of the ZDNet article by Joe McKendrick

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