Today's challenges

Believing market researchers you will find 6 major trends in IT dominating the market this year:

• Outsourcing
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Mobility
• Service-oriented architectures (SOA)
• Security
• Web 2.0

From a management point of view the acutal challenges are:

• Sustaining revenue and developing future revenue streams while staying profitable
• Looking for well directed acquisitions to enhance enterprise portfolio and customer services
• Understanding customers and consumers without getting lost in data
• Enhancing infrastructure and security
• Creating new and open partnerships while protecting intellectual property and capital
• Managing risk while fulfilling cost targets

Management issues and IT challenges need to converge to become a successful  player. This means:

• Outsourcing or SaaS may save cost but lead to a  loss of Intellectual property and capital
• Mobility needs infrastructure and high security but helps in understanding customer needs
• SOA needs partnerships and protection but may deliver new market opportunities
• WEB 2.0 includes risk and cost but may lead to new revenue streams