Enterprise IT solutions and services are delivered by teams, each having their own specialism. Smaller IT teams, with a different remit, often need equally specialist suport.
You may be concerned with specific technology infrastructure, implementation or service delivery. Procurement, human resources and financial teams equally have their own specific needs. Risk management has a particular focus for IT, since many enterprise risks are associated with information flows – the I in IT.
You need to know the marketplace. You need advice for selection, procurement and service management. You need architecture, benchmarking, and best practice. Crucially, you need to keep abreast of technology trends, to inform your planning, budgetting and service provision through the planning horizon.