There’s never been a more exciting time for technology.

And yet there’s never been a more stressful time for the people who manage a business’ technology — corporate IT. Even though mega-trends like mobile, cloud and big data have combined to build the kind of next generation capabilities IT once championed, today, roles have reversed and the professionals in IT are the ones who find themselves saying "no" the most.

Whenever new technology impacts a business process or function, there are roughly two responses: The first is one of pragmatic concern at the upheaval it might cause, and the second is an enthusiastic acceptance of a newer, better way of doing things.

But, bogged down by the complexity of legacy systems and increasingly international, multi-device infrastructures, in some cases corporate IT is starting to come across as a bottleneck or in some cases, even worse -– a bonafide obstacle to business success.