Abstract

As reality sets in, enterprises will now scramble to reset long-term plans while taking hasty and chaotic near-term actions to survive and many enterprises may not even survive in this global downturn.

IT now plays a more prominent role in overcoming the business challenge during this global economic downturn. Survivability of any organization will depend on the Digital Fitness of IT.  Convergence of Processes, Systems and Data at Scale and Speed are some of the ingredients that go into a Digital Fitness.

Traditionally, IT has been measured as a necessary expense for doing business, be it OPEX or CAPEX. This metric doesn’t really tell the story anymore. Financial metrics don’t really measure the fitness level of IT to support business. In this “new normal,” IT must be measured by the flexible, nimble, composable, and consumable attributes of business.