There are some trends which are artificially created. cannot believe, for example, that next year's fashion trends for Spring have already been decided. But according to my wife's glossiest magazine they are all set in stone. Information Technology (IT) can sometimes be as fickle as a fashion magazine. Trends come and go and often for no good reason. But IT usually gets it right in the end doesn't it? So that old late-lamented trend for Shared Services is back with a bang this Autumn - but this time it's called the Cloud and it's here to stay. I say that because I've been advising a growing number of companies in the last few months that have started to talk to each other about IT and made some rather unpleasant discoveries.
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