Monday, April 14, 2008
Future Of IT -- Very Big and Very Small?
So, you either believe that IT is undergoing yet another upheaval, or you don't.
You either buy into Nicholas Carr's core premise (as found in "The Big Switch"), or you don't.
But if you do buy into these ideas, there's another implication to consider.
There will likely be very little medium-sized IT in the future. Just the very big, and the very small.
Over time, IT is done much more efficiently at uber-scale. Much like power generation shifted from small-scale to large-scale at the beginning of the 20th century, we're seeing the same thing applied to IT at the dawn of the 21st century.
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Keywords: IT, Nicholas Carr's, The Big Switch, Nick, outside IT services, generic, specialized, Google, Amazon
You either buy into Nicholas Carr's core premise (as found in "The Big Switch"), or you don't.
But if you do buy into these ideas, there's another implication to consider.
There will likely be very little medium-sized IT in the future. Just the very big, and the very small.
Over time, IT is done much more efficiently at uber-scale. Much like power generation shifted from small-scale to large-scale at the beginning of the 20th century, we're seeing the same thing applied to IT at the dawn of the 21st century.
More from here
Keywords: IT, Nicholas Carr's, The Big Switch, Nick, outside IT services, generic, specialized, Google, Amazon
Labels: Computer-Science
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