Why does everyone hate IT?

Well, maybe hate is a strong word. I like IT.  On some level, I actually consider myself IT. I got my first computer in 1980, and it was a PET Computer. My mom got it when she took a computer class at the local college.  The picture to the left doesn’t do it great justice, because it is missing the sweet cassette drive where the data was stored. Within a few days of the computer’s appearance in my home I was able to scroll my name across the screen, and I hacked the space invaders game that came with it. My hacking resulting in making “my guy” invincible to the enemy’s bullets (Don’t know why I did that, because it really made the game no fun). Cassette drives and space invaders aside, technology has come a long way. Therefore IT (better known as Information Technology) has come a long way within businesses. My concern is as end users we may get what we ask for, which is less IT. Because I deal exclusively in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or web-based technology, one of the quickest and most positive reactions I get from accountants when trying to automate their AP and payment processes is to the statement, “IT will not be involved in the implementation”. I was again struck by this no IT notion when I recently read an article called, “Cloud decisions are no longer in the IT department’s hands – the suits have taken over”  The article states, “In the UK, (because it was a UK-based study)  business units make decisions on cloud 45 percent of the time, in comparison to IT with 44 percent and third parties with 11 percent.” However, the quote and article is only half of the story. It was the responses to the online article that I found interesting, and they were none too happy about the “suits taking over”. Here are a few highlights:

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