IT slips its bridle for the second time
The start of 2007 finds IT vendors at the top of the food chain squirming at being treated like the help. Vendor royalty such as Microsoft, Dell and Intel — along with consultants who have insinuated themselves into becoming IT’s empowered insiders — don’t like it when you hold strategy meetings without inviting them. Besides, it seemed clear to them that continuing to play up to IT’s appetite for convenience, expediency and risk avoidance was a solid basis for their long-term roadmaps.