More and more we are finding that IT is at the core of the businesses than at the periphery, and more so as the core enabler of businesses. Given this, it's imperative that the IT organization thinks, acts and lives like a Business - ie as a Profit Center rather than a Cost Center.
In the recently concluded "The State of the CIO survey 2010", IT's contribution in the order of priority is as listed below,
1.Improve end user productivity
2.Lower company operating costs
3.Re-engineer core business processes
4.Improve quality of products
5.Provide innovative market offerings and business practices
6.Improve risk management
7.Manage customer relationships
8.Acquire and retain customers
9.Support global expansion
10.Enable regulatory compliance
If you look at the above list, it's very obvious that the IT priorities are fast becoming business driven rather than IT specific. It's time that our IT Organizations come alive to meet these expectation or run the risk of fast becoming extinct!!
Friday, January 8, 2010
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About Me
- Ramesh Shanmuganathan
- Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka
- A visionary, entrepreneur, seasoned Business/IT executive with wider exposure in mutli-national, multi-cultural, multi-ethnicity environments across Sri Lanka, USA, UK, UAE, Singapore,etc. Looking forward meeting like-minded individuals or companies to collaborate, innovate and transform the enterprises of tomorrow! Alumni of Royal College, University of Moratuwa, Posgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Rochester, etc. Established in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry with a very strong track record both professionally and academically. Garnered and harnessed close to 20 years of experience in the ICT industry with close to 10+ years in the C-Level management including in premier, blue-chip counters in Sri Lanka.