Two-thirds of organizations bypass IT for digital transformation projects

According to a new report released by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by BMC software, 66 percent of organizations bypass IT when buying new technologies for digital transformation. But despite this, 43 percent of firms still hold IT accountable if something goes wrong with their digital transformation initiatives. The findings are based on a survey of senior executives and administrators in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. Reasons given for the lack of collaboration with IT departments on digital transformation initiatives include misalignment in objectives, with non-IT teams prioritizing revenue growth and reducing costs, in contrast to IT… [Continue Reading]