The IT monopoly is over, and managers must now be responsible for their technology decisions Technology is woven so tightly into the fabric of business today that it’s risky to make a judgment call without a firm grasp of both the technology and business issues involved. Managers are struggling with the sudden rise of the […]
How empowered consumers and the consumerization of technology are shaping business It’s not often that a week goes past when I don’t hear a new story of a company being ripped apart as it struggles to deal ever more demanding and fickle consumers. Marketing and sales, it’s usually said, have gone rogue leaving finance and […]
How regulation may redefine the role of technology in business I’ve been watching with some interest the discussion around who will “own” information technology within the emerging digital businesses: those new businesses created in response to ubiquitous IT, communication networks and social media. Many of these arguments have a strong feeling of a turf war, positioning […]
Migrating our applications to the cloud creates the opportunity to do something meaningful for our customers It looks like cloud computing is taking over. So if cloud is the future, then what might our future technology landscape look like? The two largest centers of gravity in most IT departments are their back-end ERP and front-end CRM platforms. […]
IT investment has shifted from virtualization to private cloud as CIOs prepare to go public A recent survey of IT budgets shows that the focus for many IT departments has moved beyond virtualization and consolidation. They’re working to hard to realize the flexibility and agility that cloud promises to bring to their organizations. The report found that: […]
We’ve done the obvious things to save money so now we need to find smarter ways to deliver solutions Money is tight and many industries are feeling the squeeze. Budgets are being trimmed – if not outright slashed – and we need to do more with less. We’ve done the obvious things. We’ve eliminated waste […]
How do you control SaaS and Cloud solutions when you don’t own them? The first law of being a CIO might well be “You don’t get to talk about strategy if your IT is broken”. Moving your enterprise applications to the cloud doesn’t change this. Once an application has been transitioned to the cloud you […]
CIOs have an opportunity to drive strategy and create business value, and not just reduce costs Traditional IT departments are being dismantled piece-by-piece. Cloud services, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and even the drive for tighter integration with our partners, are poking holes in our IT organizations. More and more of the technology that our businesses use […]
