By Suren
With the evolution of IT going though quantum leaps in the
last decade, its only common sense to assume that it going to be bigger leaps
in the coming decade. Given this it is likely that IT department of various companies
that embrace the new technology coming their way, will see a change in working
patterns, and that’s what I’ve looked to cover in this post.
Some of which are likely to be along the lines mentioned
below:
Everyone is going to be working in the cloud – physical team
are likely to become a thing of the past. Collaborative and collective working
is going to be done through in the clouds through cloud devices.
BYOD – Bring you own devices – In the future the way staffs
are going to work is to bring their own devices into work to use in their day
to day tasks. The IT departments will just have to make sure that the devices
are securely updated to work within the office space and adhere to their security
protocols etc.
Divide and Conquer is going to disappear – The famous methodology
which is to divide tasks and operates efficiently in that space is going to
disappear with tasks interconnected and the need for IT staff to know more than
just one area. Though not the intrinsic details staff will have to be aware of
the details on how to activate and use devices which in itself will get most of
the detail level jobs done.
Higher possibility cyber attacks – There is likely to be
more cyber warfare as most devices will be run remotely via cloud like
infrastructure and hence this would call for IT Departments and CIOs to keep a
close eye on confidential company information, regular updates means more
technological enhancement done more often and related upgrades of hardware and
software too.
Hyper connections would mean more networks – the ratios of an
IT Staff to an end user is going to be in the 1000’s all through hyper
connected platforms and devices. IT staff will link mainly with end users on a
platform that extends across departments and functions, which would also see
this platform being remotely accessed and in turn means more home working and “Device
on you” style of working (this is where you are expected to support on issues wherever
you are if you’ve got the “Device on you“to do the tasks).
These are just some o the thoughts and ideas I’ve come
across when looking into how a
technologically driven IT Department is going to perform their tasks in the
future given the changes coming our way.
Hope you found this post informative and interesting.
