Companies are increasingly shifting to cloud computing for savings and performance improvement. However, expect a mixed bag of results for this simple reason: traditional IT department structure isn't built for these new technologies or the new business world, for that matter.

For starters, traditional IT tends to be built around a transaction-based business model, but we're seeing a shift from that to collaborative business. Shani Harmon, partner at the management consultancy Trium Group, told me, "While it often feels inefficient and even painful, the benefits of true collaboration -- the free flow of competing ideas and meaning -- is a source of unrivaled advantage in today's environment."

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