The Role of IT Business Services in today's business economy

The business opportunities relating to the IT sector are quite encouraging.

Recent figures indicate that more than 60% of business processes are automated and the list continues to grow. Of course the benefits are very plain to see. Think:

• Time and cost savings to the business
• Personnel reduction
• Efficiency of processes

These are of course more benefits than those highlighted above but these represent the major benefits.

There is thus a need to identify areas that can benefit from the use and impact of IT.

Whole service industries have been built around IT business services and these include but are not limited to:

• Process automation
• Data capturing
• Data processing and validation
• Consultancy
• Design and specification
• Implementation

Most businesses are so integrated with IT services that they look and act more like IT companies and repositories than traditional businesses.