We want to send to all of our friends and blog readers a little cheer for the holiday season. Wish everyone a very cheerful and productive new year ahead in 2014.
TriStrategy still has a long way to grow its business or firm up its niche offerings. In the past year, it had its ups and downs, but our network of business contacts and friends are continuing to grow, as well as the audiences to our voices on business. TriStrategy has gained more experience and exposures in different industries and various IT areas. Today businesses cannot be done without technologies. The problems facing the IT industry as a whole or IT department in each different company are all very similar in nature. The real differences are at the leadership, at the people and talent level. A company who has the culture of respecting talents, adopting longer term views, with better decision-making process has the edge to move faster and further ahead.
It is also a very encouraging sign to see that people are getting more realistic regarding industry fashions. Less buzz words, more practical considerations and implementations. For example, regarding the suitability of “agile/scrum methodology” in one’s IT department, more questions are being asked. Cloud computing also runs its own adoption course with many companies setting up private clouds first before evaluating and moving to public cloud with some specific position of values.
In industry wide, mergers and acquisitions are more frequently seen; some were done strategically for the purposes of quick modernization of one’s IT infrastructure and process to transform an old-fashioned business. Automation both in business processes and IT processes are more actively discussed and planned. Mobile access and design are included in almost all solution offerings. Efficiency and cost-saving are the primary goals for many IT departments, especially when companies are facing the slow-growing US economy and fast-growing global competitions.
TriStrategy will keep its open and global mindset to lead the flow of business innovations, for ourselves and for our respectful global business clients. We will continue offering smart, effective and creative solutions to businesses’ tough problems.