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Is the IT Department a Zombie Functional Group?

Is the IT Department a Zombie Functional Group?

Is the IT Department on it’s way to extinction? With the introduction of Cloud computing, Software as a Service, and other managed services providing opportunities for other functional groups to “rent” or lease IT capabilities, what is left for the IT group? Is there another function in today’s businesses that perform similar services across the enterprise that can take on the remaining work? Is IT as a department dead?