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(Unverified)Jan 8th 2008 5:38PM

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It really depends on if the company sees technology as an enabler or cost center. If technology remains a cost center then you'll always be looking to cut costs. IT groups need to move beyond the thinking of servers and switches into technology as a business strategy.

I think the best point was made when Peter said IT should focus on the business. Technology strategists and enterprise architects are a growing role in companies today because a lot of companies are tired of paying consultants (as was the trend of the late 90's) that don't have an understanding or stake in their business to make recommendations or build a roadmap for them.

The outsourcers are getting too good at their jobs. With virtualization and vast resources of people to pull from, the IBMs and EDSs really can do it cheaper than you can internally. However that being said, those skillsets that can understand and convert business needs into real technology solutions I think will have a future in the next iterations of IT organizations maintained by companies

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