Wow!
I am surprised this discussion is still trucking along. I guess the author has touched on a good topic or a sore spot for some. For what they're worth, here are my lessons learned from my 20+ years of IT/business experience: I ran an on-site(U.S.)-offshore(India) operation and found that the business model may or may not work for every organizations. I have worked for/with small, mid-size, and large organizations, and learned that they will use whatever tools/methodology necessary to make themselves competitive. I also have learned that the CIO (IT in general) is still the new kid on the block (or boardroom), key decisions still (and most likely will always) come from the old guards (investors, owner, board, CEO, CFO, and COO), and they talk in strategy and dollars/cents - not tech stuff.
Sorry to say folks, but it is NOT about cloud computing, off shoring, the size of a department, etc. Most organizations are having a challenge fulfilling their milestones for this year nevertheless in 2015! LOL, people are dreaming if they can predict that far out. Imagination may travel at the speed of light, but reality moves at a snail's pace.
