Outsourcers add consultancy and project capabilities to keep pace with client needs. Carriers and ISPs are converging on IT services. Product vendors push to remap themselves as services and solutions providers and all are adding an e-flavor to their offerings. The answer lies primarily in the current IT market boom. In a booming market, providers see large opportunities arising in every segment of the IT service market.
Every lost opportunity goes to competitors.
Note 2 Speed and Recycles Journeys into the connected world are implemented through a strategic roadmap, not a closed, predefined strategy. Every initiative is, in fact, a quick, complete program, including IT projects and business activities. Speed, awareness coming from these initiatives and market changes mean that client organizations must recycle a single initiative, continually changing it to align with changes in the market. They must also recycle between different initiatives. The extension of Web functions into supply chains or virtual communities will require more-structured approaches, the classical ground for traditional consultants and systems integrators.