The Role of IT -- Preparing for the Second Digital Revolution: Part III

by Stephen J. Andriole

How do you want to be remembered? Not that you're going anywhere soon, but if you were to define company roles going forward, what would they look like? The data we've been tracking for a while now suggests that big changes are in the works, that business technology is bifurcating into at least two broad categories: operational and strategic technology. In Parts I and II of this series, I used this distinction to infer the changes likely to occur over the next few years; and the data suggests that the IT field is maturing, that the distinction between business and technology is blurring, and that our ability to strategically leverage technology -- and keep it humming operationally -- is improving.