I/T has Become a Cost of Doing Business

If you haven’t read either of Nick Carr’s books (“IT Doesn’t Matter” or “The Big Switch”), then as a CEO of a small business, I strongly encourage you to do it as soon as possible.

Carr’s writings are rapidly becoming the manifesto for the Cloud Revolution that is overtaking businesses today.

In a nutshell, IT for the vast majority of businesses in the world, has transitioned from a state of a strategic necessity that transforms companies and differentiates them from their primary competitors to commoditization and similarity in the span of about 40 years.

Businesses should be focusing their IT investments along these lines:


1. SPEND LESS: The biggest threat to companies when it comes to IT is overspending.

2. FOLLOWING VS INNOVATING: There are plenty of product solutions in the world and private software development performed on behalf of private companies has limited value. Most requirements can easily be fulfilled by existing software and equipment.

3. FOCUS ON RISKS: IT is mostly judged these days on what does not work as opposed to it’s vanishing competitive advantage.


Dave Rice CEO, TrueCloud

www.truecloud.com