“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” – Charles Dickens wrote in his Tale of two cities.
It doesn’t need an opinion poll to concur on the kind of times we are living in today. Amidst a new vocabulary where A stands for Assets, B for Bailout, C for Crisis and D for Depression- there is sense of déjà vu that we have seen it all. Amidst confused reports of whether we are at the beginning of the crisis, in the midst of it or at the tail-end, every morning continues to deliver bad news, as predictably as the rising sun.
What does this mean for IT service providers? Is this a time to sit back, blame it on the bad times and hope the good times will return (while taking a well earned break)? Or is this an opportunity is disguise – an opportunity to recoup, reinvent and rebuild?
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