By Jeff Herron
Vice President of Client Services, Beaconfire Consulting
Founder and VP, Jeff Herron, recently published an article on how nonprofit organizations can control and protect their core technology in the ever changing technology landscape. The article was published by N-TEN (Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network). As part of their series of essays by leaders in the nonprofit technology field, Mr. Herron was asked to contribute on a technology topic on the horizon.
The article introduction follows.
Control Your Core Technology Components and Protect Your Rights - The Future is Coming
"Imagine a future where your organization accesses a vast computing infrastructure, including applications, storage, and processing power simply by plugging into a wall socket labeled "technology." This vision of the future of IT, known as utility computing or computing on demand, relies on the notion of procuring technology services much like your organization receives its telephone or electricity service."
To read the rest of this Forecast and to respond directly to the author, please go to N-TEN's blog.