Tough market conditions present Australian CIOs with an opportunity to seize the innovation nettle and demonstrate to the business how IT can deliver real business benefits according to an international expert who consults to Fortune 5000 companies around the world.
Article by Beverley Head of iTWire
Peter High, an internationally acclaimed author and founder of Metis Strategy, has warned Australian IT managers that innovation needed to be a priority even when the economy was heading south.
“Do not deprioritise innovation during a downturn. If anything innovation is essential for recovery,” according to Mr High.
Mr High, who has worked with the world’s leading organisations on how ICT can unlock innovation in the enterprise and deliver real, measurable benefits, delivered iTWire’s inaugural innovations webinar. A recording of the webinar, which was supported by Citrix, can be accessed here.
Mr High claimed that a number of IT innovations had gained momentum during the recent economic downturn as companies looked for new ways to tackle computing problems. He said that virtualisation, cloud computing, open source software, energy efficient data centres, unified communications and expanded IT automation had already had a kick-along from the downturn as companies looked for more value from IT investments.
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