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From Mainframe to Cloud and Beyond: A Short History of IT Management Consulting

Management Consulting Journal
Volume 8 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
By: Marcin Pajdzik  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mcj-2025-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2631-987X
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Language: English
Page range: 29 - 42
Published on: Jan 27, 2025
Published by: FMR Research Ltd
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Management, organization, corporate governance,
Industries,
Consulting, inhouse-consulting, internal audit,
Business informatics,
Information management

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