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What the tech are you talking about?
Given the recent BBC News online headline, "Geekspeak still baffles web users", it's only fitting to point out that there are quite a few in business who are in the same boat when it comes to tech talk.

Case in point: according to a recent report from IT and business analysts Quocirca on Service-oriented architecture (SOA), over 50% of business respondents were "completely unaware of SOA".  Within the technical community, "this lack of awareness is running at nearly 25%".

Nonetheless, "SOA is making some real inroads", according to Clive Longbottom of Quocirca, writing in The Register. "Just under 25 per cent of respondents in the Quocirca research stated that all new functionality is being implemented as SOA, and a further 17 per cent are migrating some legacy over to SOA as well."

So, not understanding IT isn't preventing business owners from investing in it? Perhaps that's why the CIO Jury over at Silicon.com reports that "companies are spending too much on IT and not putting enough energy towards delivery and business value, according to leading UK IT executives."

Perhaps they should Ask a Guru before making the leap?

Posted: 06/10/2006 Comments: 0
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