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Brian Watson is a veteran IT industry observer and expert who has contributed to the Midsized Enterprise Summit events in recent years. Currently, he is Co-Head of CIO Networks at Metis Strategy, a Washington, DC-based management consulting firm that provides strategic advisory services to CIOs and other functional leaders.  As a consultant, author and reporter, he has conducted interviews with many enterprise-level CIOs and midmarket IT leaders. In an email interview, he generously shared some relevant stories and insights, to help midmarket CIOs.

If your company is relying on "tried and true" solutions to deliver satisfaction to your customers, you may be stunting future growth. In fact, that's almost certainly likely, according to tech entrepreneur Josh Linkner. Linkner delivered the opening keynote at the Midsize Enterprise Summit in Indianapolis featuring his take on the MES East theme of the "The Big Shift." Many midsize businesses are facing a turning point, in terms of how they will appropriate their IT budget dollars.