This article was authored by Veliswa Boya & Jason Nicholls and published with permission.

In his book “War and Peace and IT,” Enterprise Strategist at AWS Mark Schwartz says that it’s time for the business-IT wall to come down. Old business models and stereotypes have long pitted “suits” against “nerds.” He further goes on to say that it’s time to foster a space of collaboration and a shared mission – a space that puts technologists and business people on the same team.