We recently wrote an entry on Blogger predicts the death of death that highlighted the death of IT.
Au contraire, my friends, IT is a strategic asset and in most cases a competitive differentiator, and there are plenty of examples from the Fortune 500 all the way down to small businesses. Within the context of IT, it all comes down to predictable and reliable delivery of information to both internal and external consituencies. The foundation of predictable and reliable delivery of this actionable information is the network infrastructure. Unfortunately, many IT executives view the network as a utility rather than an asset, and while this is certainly understandable, it is the right view?
The real test is when the network or a server goes down. How is it viewed then? The new reality is down-time is money, no ands, ifs or buts.
IT and networking professionals need to highlight the criticality of the network as a business asset and not just a utility.
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