Shashin Shah, Director of One Point Consulting discusses “IT as an enabler during the economic downturn”
The event was organised by the IET/BCS on 24th Feb (http://www.theiet.org/local/uk/london/enabler.cfm).
The lecture discussed how established and emerging trends in ICT can be used to reduce costs, reduce risks, increase innovation and prepare for the post-downturn period. ICT trends covered included:
- Application Portfolio Rationalisation
- Virtualisation (Server & Desktop)
- Cloud Computing
- SaaS
- Outsourcing - BPO
- Enterprise Content Management
- Open Source
- Semantic Web
- Mobile Platforms
- Enterprise 2.0(including collaboration and Web 2.0)