What’s your controversial IT opinion?

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CEO in Software4 years ago

That over time the value of IT for each company as a COGS will be so high that more companies will see the value in running some or all of their own application environments.

Director in Manufacturing4 years ago

In-sourced long term employees who know the company and it’s history are of great value

2nd - it’s worth investing in training existing employees when you can vs layoffs and hiring new skills

Fractional CIO in Services (non-Government)4 years ago

That anyone can write code.

Director of IT in Software4 years ago

99.9% companies do not have a big data problem or an AI problem or a Blockchain problem.

Senior IT Manager in Government4 years ago

"There's no such thing as the cloud. It's just someone else's computer."

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no title4 years ago

It's not controversial if it's true. <br><br>The biggest difference between cloud and hosted services - being able to touch the box

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