Mark Hosey

West Central Scotland

R&D

"The NCC said the results indicate IT professionals are losing out on the top jobs because they lack broader business perspectives and capabilities."
Wow! This one cuts both ways. Surely in this hi-tech information centred society we all live in IT is one "business perspective and capability" of major importance. Get it wrong and your business will suffer. Put someone in charge of it who is merely a dabbler with no real grasp of the technicalities involved and you'll more than likely end up with either an underfunded and badly supported resource or a very expensive mess.
As far I can see the only reason financial directors end up in charge of IT is cos they consider IT as being primarilly a finance department resource (Cos computers are good for adding numbers?!?) and they have completely failed to see the truly general nature of this common resource.