An IT manager is responsible for the nerve centre of a business. With an increase on our dependency on computers, never has the role of IT management been so important. But with a heightened importance comes a need for greater skills.

Global sourcing, enterprise architecture, or virtualization, these are some of the skills that an ideal IT manager should look to incorporate into their work. These skills will make you more valuable to a business, especially a large organization.

Although IT managers can’t be proficient in everything, they are expected to have fluency in major business and technology issues. Its recommended by many business professionals that IT managers should have a point of view on the entire business, not just its IT infrastructure. This greater point of view should include the businesses strategy, its operations and how it can be improved over time.