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2007 Expectations - Which came true and which did not?
Author: Jenny Schuchert
Filed Under Industry Observations
At the beginning of 2007, I wrote down four issues that I thought would influence the management of IT that year:
1. Vista - Although a major change to the operating system such as this should be somewhat slow to roll out to corporations, I thought we would spend more time and attention preparing for Vista than has actually occurred. Vista was talked about less and there seemed to be few major efforts to upgrade PCs to have the required hardware. Definitely a slow burn in 2007.
2. CIOs and their shifting role. With the increased technical capabilities of the entire “C” team and the growing call for IT to be in lock-step with the goals of the organization, I anticipated that the role of the CIO would either grow beyond operations or drop out of the “C” ranks to directors managed by the CFO. Recently published articles support my prediction, reporting a rising percentage of CIOs on the executive team and having responsibilities outside of traditional IT such as customer service. Articles also talk about the difficulty hiring a good CIO now because of the breadth of the skill set required.
3. Virtualization was another rising trend at the beginning of 2007 and I believe we saw increased maturity in the offerings, market penetration for this methodology, and a better understanding of the benefits and problems that arise in a virtual environment.
4. Standardization was my final trend. With the rising acceptance of business practices for IT, ISO, IAITAM and ITIL all began to make a difference for IT asset managers requesting funding and on the success of their projects.
SO, what should I write down for 2008?
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One of the issues that I have seen with the Vista roll out is that since the new operating system is so different, a lot of software is not yet compatible. Schedules may be dictated by other software. Another problem I have heard about is that once you upgrade to Vista you can’t roll back to the operating system you had before.
On January 6, 2008 Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, in his last keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show stated that there are 100 million Vista users. He said that this was important for application developers and hardware specialists so that he acknowledged the lag in other products and equipment, but it still was a surprise that the number was that high.
Vista roll-out is a desktop-level change and Computerworld reports that companies are underestimating the training that needs to happen. The article is a good read for any project planner. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9067865&pageNumber=1