Are charities investing enough in technology?

So sometimes other people actually publish what I write:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/2013/jun/26/charities-investing-technology

The 'Amazoning' of IT

Steve Duplessie, the founder of Enterprise Strategy Group, yesterday posted this article on Computer World: IT is about to meet the Amazon Effect

The sentiment it expresses is something I have been talking about for the last couple of years, but still a lot of people don't seem to get it. The internet has transformed many industries, retailing, music, and finance being the most obvious, yet I still talk to many people who don't see that it is not just introducing some new services to IT, it is totally transforming the industry. 

While most people acknowledge that Salesforce.com, Office 365, Box and Dropbox etc. are presenting new and interesting options, what they miss is that they are cutting out whole swathes of the traditional IT industry. Critically, many of these services are cutting out the traditional IT organisation completely and selling straight to the end user.

The world of IT is being 'Amazoned' and those that don't respond will go the way of HMV and Blockbuster.

Key considerations for cloud adoption by NGOs

In 2012, CTT, in partnership with TechSoup Global, conducted a survey of not-for-profits, charities, and social benefit organisations around the world to better understand the current state of their technology infrastructure, plus their future plans for adopting cloud technologies.


One of the findings the survey threw up was that many NGOs were unsure how to go about assessing the myriad offerings that are being labelled 'cloud'. 
In response, Techsoup asked me to right an article on the 'Key considerations for cloud adoption by NGOs.' Which you can find here.