Buzzwordlandish
Contextualize? Bog standard? Value-add space? Hah! I stopped reading his quotes for value-add, and kept reading for humor-add. Where did he learn English?
"Evolve or die"? That's what we do for a living.
"Influence within the organization"? Never has been, and never should be the goal of IT.
"[T[odays workforce is more IT-literate than that of a decade ago". Well, yes. Now they know how to use a mouse. But if Microsoft continues to make the software, we will continue to have jobs. Look at Office 2010. Everything has to be learned all over again. Besides, you still have users who have not figured out that the reason the screen is dark is because you need to turn the power on.
"[T]hat automation in cloud computing will destroy the IT department." The jury is still out on cloud computing, especially where security is a concern. Eventually this may happen, but that will take a long time for industries like healthcare. Can you see DoD putting their stuff in the cloud?
This person knoweth not of what he speaketh. I have watched IT evolve for 35+ years. I have heard the "evolve or die" mantra just as long. We're still here, and we've evolved. This is not news.
