Winning Business In the IT World: More Than Buzzwords
Today, to be successful, speaking the language of IT isn’t just about including a few buzzwords — it’s also about incorporating the discipline’s best practices and requirements into documented methodologies, skill sets and strategic visions. Anything less might fail to translate…into business. The intersected approach is enabling interaction between physical security and IT as peers rather than visitors.
“A few years ago you could teach a security professional a few key IT ‘buzzwords’ and get by. But today, you need to have IT professionals at the table,” says Paul Thomas, president, Northland Control Systems, Fremont, Calif.