Is Innovation a Relevant Concept for IT?

Often when people talk of innovation, what they're really talking about invention. Invention is cool; invention is exciting. Though real IT invention is not the norm (it typically happens only in product companies), every company has the opportunity for IT innovation -- a spiraling-up of ideas that improve the effectiveness of IT practices -- that can be even more exciting than an invention on the business bottom line.The constraints put on IT departments call for innovative solutions to problems such as changes in business requirements, decaying legacy systems, decreased budgets, and how to implement new technologies.
 
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