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Rust described how many CTOs use emotional appeals, such as "technology will save this school," or appeals to stakeholders' sense of pity, or even appeals based on blind faith with no supporting research, when advocating for ed-tech expenditures.

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Gartner predicts that by 2010, the IT profession will be split into four domains:

1. Technology Infrastructure and Services. Now composing 65 percent of IT staff, this segment will dwindle to 40 percent. This group should emphasize technical knowledge, such as: "How does this technology work?"
2. Information Design and Management--will rise from 20 percent to 30 percent. This group will need to focus more on business-specific knowledge, such as: "What makes this institution tick?"
3. Process Design and Management--will rise from 10 percent to 20 percent. This group will need to balance business knowledge with core process knowledge, such as: "What processes make this area unique," and with industry knowledge, such as: "What characterizes this sector?"
4. Relationship and Sourcing Management--will rise from 5 percent to 10 percent. This group will need to balance business knowledge with core process knowledge.

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