This kind of myopic thinking is one of the biggest challenges for IT companies that reap a large share of their revenues from services application development and maintenance, infrastructure management and validation software.

FORBES: IT services are not like baseball caps

As a comprehensive fiscal sponsor, Tides provides its projects with a full complement of infrastructure services including financial administration, human resources consultation, payroll and benefits administration, risk management, and governance training.

FORBES: Connect

The Saudi Arabian government, for example, is addressing chronic youth unemployment problems with a social infrastructure program worth tens of billions of dollars, to improve housing, education, water management and health services.

FORBES: Middle-Eastward Ho!