Survey Says...

The October 2006 survey of senior IT executives by the smart fellas at McKinsey shows a growing interest in service-oriented architecture and lean data center operations. Without getting too technical, the former helps improve communication and integration between IT systems. More importantly, it helps deliver savings of 20 to 40 percent, and frees up resources from maintaining business applications. The idea behind "lean data centers" is to manage equipment and labor costs to reduce waste and improve productivity by as much as 40 percent!

So here is some advice for 2007: Beware of vendors hawking systems that are not web-native, require you to buy hardware, or hire expensive consultants... Survey says the technology industry is moving to greater flexibility and lower costs.

Happy New Year!