Why the IT Crowd is no longer funny

According to research commissioned by Microsoft and which landed in my mailbox this afternoon, it would seem that the vision of IT within the business as represented by the hugely funny IT Crowd sitcom is not that far from the truth. Indeed, the report suggests that the bigger the company the less of a strategic asset IT becomes, or at least the perception of that asset becomes. Only 47% of businesses have IT representation at board level with this number falling to 44% in businesses with more than 1000 employees. Now that really is not funny at all.