In Transition: Shifting from Tactical to Strategic IT

Nearly 40% of CEOs say the speed of technological change keeps them up at night. That statistic demonstrates how digital transformation is pervading the enterprise. Technology is no longer a tactical endeavor left to IT. It is the driving force of business and enterprises that keep moving down the traditional IT track and eventually they will find themselves at the end of the finish line.

Agile, tech-savvy firms have disrupted product and service paradigms in nearly every industry, forcing others to react, play catch-up, or lose relevance in their markets. Rather than throw in the towel to these nimble disruptors, businesses are finding ways to become more agile themselves by transitioning IT to a strategic role in the organization, rather than a tactical one while outsourcing operational tasks to managed IT service providers.

“As we continue to move productivity tools off-prem, our security architecture must extend beyond our data center to encompass an increasingly mobile workforce. With Microsoft Office 365 as our secure virtual worksite and Synoptek providing NOC, SOC, and virtual CISO oversight, we’ve achieved a much higher level of data security than we ever could on our own.”

— VP of Information Services at American Pacific Mortgage

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