"Until 2020, the IT operational and strategic playbooks for various industries were pretty set and focused around deploying applications, knowledge management systems, technology infrastructure via a mix of cloud and on-premise installations, and security--mostly centered around physical office buildings and data centers. ... As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic that originated in early 2020, everything IT-related has changed and will likely remain different forever. Companies are moving to full or partial remote workers with more tolerance for broader geographical ranges of resources. In addition, they are shedding corporate office locations or at a minimum, reducing the office footprint significantly to reduce costs. Why? Because the pandemic of 2020-2021 showed how valuable information technology can be to an organization and that organizations are more productive working remotely away from expensive corporate office buildings"--