A new article alert by Roger Sessions
Article Name: The
IT Complexity Challenge: A Trustmarque study into the state of IT complexity
from the CIOs’ perspective.
Authors: None
given.
Publisher: Trustmarque
Date of Release:
October 2015
Available at: http://www.trustmarque.com/it-complexity-report/
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Main Points of Article
IT Complexity is a huge challenge for most CIOs. 93% of CIO’s
believe that IT complexity has increased and 66% believe that the cloud has
increased complexity, more than for any other cited factor. This is especially
interesting given that the cloud was touted as way of simplifying IT.
Companies are now recognizing the problems complexity causes.
(“Organizations are craving simplicity.”) CIOs don’t know how to deal with IT
complexity (“For CIOs, the end result... is confusion over which technologies
and services will actually help them simplify their IT landscape.”) But despite
the confusion about how to simplify IT, 79% of CIOs think that simplifying IT
is a priority.
IT complexity is causing many problems that directly impact
the business. IT complexity is a major contributor to security problems with almost
all CIOs (87%) agreeing that IT security is a challenge. IT complexity also
makes it difficult to respond to the business needs with almost all CIOs (89%) agreeing
that simplifying IT is at odds with driving innovation
IT simplification is not a luxury, it is a necessity. But it
is a necessity few CIOs are equipped to deliver. 80% believe their
organizations lack the in-house skills needed to deliver projects at the speed
required. The article concludes “What the modern CIO needs is to simplify the
IT at their disposal, yet this is a huge challenge for IT departments to do it
all on their own.”
My complements
All in all, this is a well written article that makes clear
the dual points that while CIOs understand they have a problem with IT
complexity, they have little idea what to do about it.
I also agree that IT complexity causes security problems and
makes responding to business needs difficult. I would add to these two problems
a host of others, including reliability and cost of delivery. I also agree that
few CIOs are equipped to respond to the challenges of IT complexity.
Most CIOs will benefit from reading this article, if only to
understand that they are not the only ones struggling with the problem of IT
complexity.
My criticisms
The article gives no guidance as to how to respond to the
problem of IT complexity other than to engage Trustmarque and there is no information
as to how Trustmarque will help organizations achieve IT simplification.
Disclaimer
Roger Sessions has no interest, financial or otherwise, in
the article discussed above. The article was chosen based solely on his
judgement as to the value of the article to his readers.
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