Understanding and forecasting IT Technology
Description:
Is Information Technology at a point of change? There are symptoms that IT is ending a major cycle and entering a new cycle. New technologies are reaching commercial viability and may have a large impact on IT as we know it today. This leads to many questions. If we are entering another period of major change how does that impact your IT planning? What happens to the existing tools and techniques we use to deliver functionality? Where should we focus our training and skills development?
General technology evolution impacts IT technology changes. Often we are still surprised when a major shift occurs even though there are signs well ahead of time. Understanding how to anticipate the change and its possible direction is key in dealing with technology change today. Techniques do exist for identifying the change, understanding the types of technology, their impact on IT and the enterprise and the flow of technology into the IT environment.
This workshop covers the concepts, ideas and practicality of how to forecast and anticipate change and successfully incorporate it into the enterprise infrastructure. Understanding how to forecast change, assess the impact and identify a successful deployment strategy are parts of the IT planning and implementation tasks.