{"id":7217,"date":"2013-05-01T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journeytothecloud.com\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2013-05-01T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:09:08","slug":"cloud-computing-and-the-changing-role-of-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/cloud-computing-and-the-changing-role-of-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing and the Changing Role of IT"},"content":{"rendered":"

By John Dixon, Consulting Architect, LogicsOne<\/a><\/p>\n

On Tuesday April 29th<\/sup>, I participated in another tweetchat<\/a> hosted by Cloud Commons<\/a>. As usual, it was an hour of rapid fire conversation and discussion amongst some really smart people. This time, the topic was based around \u201ccloud computing and the changing role of IT,\u201d and there were some great takeaways from the dialogue.\u00a0 Below are the six questions that were asked during the chat as well as a quick summary of my thoughts and the thoughts of the group as a whole.<\/p>\n

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  1. How is cloud computing changing the role of IT?<\/li>\n
  2. Besides cloud, what other trends are influential in changing the role of IT?<\/li>\n
  3. What steps should the IT department take to become a trusted advisor to the business?<\/li>\n
  4. How should the IT department engage with the business on cloud purchases?<\/li>\n
  5. Should the IT department make reining in rogue cloud services a top priority?<\/li>\n
  6. How can the CIO promote innovation in the era of lower IT spending?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Question 1: How is cloud computing<\/a> changing the role of IT?<\/p>\n