It's the New Year, and InfoWorld.com suggests it is time to reassess your priorities. Resources will be limited and business pressures will be intense, but you can't withdraw or go into reactive mode. That means you must be clear on what you need and want, and make sure you handle the issues that are most critical. InfoWorld.com asked its CTO Council and expert contributors for their top New Year's resolutions for the tech industry. Here's a sample:
- Get out of IT mode, making sure the right business decisions are made to survive. There are no IT projects. Every project is about improving how the business operates.
- There are no sacred cows, meaning you must attack situations that are sometimes off-limits during good times.
- Get smarter about IT spending and delivery, placing emphasis on quality and squeezing every IT dollar by making sure that any business unit or employee requesting a purchase can explain how it will contribute to profitability. Demand specifics and make new hires slowly.
- Be ready for the cloud, which means a change in mind-set at many IT shops.
- Lead on green, using green techniques from energy reduction to reducing the use of toxic materials that can save both the environment and money. So what's good for the planet is good for the business, and that should be a motivator in 2009.
- Get serious about architecture. "Focus on enterprise architecture and governance," advises CTO Council member Jeff Gleason, enterprise architect at Aegon USA Investment Management.
- Get serious about security, and resolve to have a full information security audit on every application, job function and individual that touches sensitive data.
For additional IT advice:
- see this InfoWorld.com article
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