Continuity Central: A Gartner report has highlighted five issues which are leading a paradigm shift in the way that organisations use and manage IT. Gartner believes that voice/data convergence; service-oriented architecture; IT utility; global sourcing; and the growth of open-source software are all combining to create a new approach to information technology.
“These five trends represent inevitable and irrevocable shifts in the information technology landscape,” says David W. Cearley, a Gartner Research vice president. “In the face of such shifts IT decision-makers must ask — ‘When do I have to face up to this, or end up left behind?’”. The same applies to business continuity managers, for where information technology leads, business continuity must follow. These five issues are all areas which BCMs must be fully aware of.
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Changing IT landscape presents new business continuity challenges [Continuity Central]