Artigo interessante da Are The CIO And IT Organization Replaceable? Technology spending and influence are moving outside of the IT department, but let's not lay a wreath for the IT pro just yet. By Rob Preston, InformationWeek October 08, 2012 URL: http://www.informationweek.com/global-cio/interviews/are-the-cio-and-it-organization-replacea/240008574 The new conventional wisdom is that the CIO and IT organization are becoming relics, as business technology decision-making and purchasing move into marketing, sales, HR, and other departments. Who needs a big IT organization, the reasoning goes, when tech-savvy line-of-business workers and their managers can buy the server capacity, storage, applications, and devices they need with a few clicks and a credit card? In a column titled "New Face Of IT: Line Of Business Execs," InformationWeek contributor Patrick Houston relates the example of LivingSocial, a Groupon-like startup whose HR chief, Jennifer...