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Story: Convergence: The end of communications managers?
Convergence: Another 50 years for comunications managers!
Glenn Powell Chief Executive CMA
This article on convergence and the CMA shows an excellent understanding of what is happening in the convergence of IT and telecoms, or communications as we now refer to it. Cath Everett has taken the time to research the subject fully. The only (constructive) critisism would be that a view from one of the big city businesses would have shown the process in action and compliemented our views as an industry organisation, alongside those of suppliers and analyst. Although it should not be forgotton that this is who CMA represents - the larger enterprise users.
The reporting on the merger of CMA into BCS was a step up on the previous article penned by Richard Thurston who seemed to get completetly the wrong end of the stick. Whilst journalism needs a degree of sensationalism its always sad when such negativity is brought to bear. Cath put this right by showing the inevitability of what is happening through convergence and it was interesting that the CMA member vote was a massive 87% in favour.
CMA is 50 year old next year (the first chairman was elected in 1958) and it will no doubt go on for another 50 years. It has been embracing the process of change and then convergence ever since it came out of the Institute of Administrative Management some 25 years ago and then changed from TMA (Telecoms Managers Association) to CMA (Communications Management Association) at the turn of the century. Maybe 'communication' will even eventually become the C in BCS or maybe one day CMA will become the DMA (Digital Managers Assocciation)...who knows, but it certainly is not the end. In years to come it will be 'communications' rather than just IT that will be the defining feature of this new exciting digital age and no doubt communications managers will be at the forefront for a long time yet.
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