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South Africa: IT Trends Driving Rapid Change
Source: Google Alert
Source Date: Friday, March 28, 2014
Focus: ICT for MDGs
Country: South Africa
Created: Mar 28, 2014

The acceleration of innovations cycle previously, solutions and infrastructure were driven by long-term product cycles and were in place for five years or longer. Today the drive to retain the competitive edge and be ahead of the game has resulted in far more frequent hardware and software upgrades. There has been a major shift in the focus of IT budgets from standardisation to innovation. According to the Deloitte CIO Survey 2013, CIOs are seeking to drive innovation, allocating 42 percent of their 2014 budgets to change and growth, with 58 percent allocated to business as usual.
More than 80 percent of the respondents also indicated that addressing new business needs is a priority for them this year. The changing role of technology in business A company’s IT structure often dictates the efficiency of their business, whether on service and product delivery or how promptly these are rolled out to their customers. Businesses that adopt and integrate the latest tools appropriately and effectively will gain a competitive advantage, with the reverse being true for those not implementing correctly. IT determines how flexible, scalable and dynamic an organisation can be.
In fact, it has become such a high priority that it has now moved from an IT department decision to a boardroom focus.“The emergence of these trends in recent years has further been influenced by the rapid growth of smart devices and on-demand services, meaning that businesses must work harder and smarter to keep up. As a result, the business experience is under pressure to deliver convenience and efficiency. This movement in the enterprise IT market has triggered a wave of rapid innovation,” explains van Lier.
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