Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
I was working with a CEO and his executive team on their strategy when we came to an interesting point in the day about their needing a game-changing initiative. The group brainstormed for awhile, and discussed several potential game changers. We narrowed the list to three really cool ideas. Then came the big question: Which…
IT asset management (ITAM) as a business practice was long thought to fall solely under the technical side of the organization; with little to no regard for standard business practices and disciplines. IT was, and still is, foreign territory to executive management and therefore immature compared to other business practices―lacking executive buy-in and having no…
The financial crisis has done a thorough job of weeding out companies that were extended beyond their means. Those who believed they were immune quickly learned that this economic tsunami was more than they could overcome. We who remain look in the mirror and wonder if we are next. This economy makes times gone by…
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from the book The SIM Guide to Enterprise Architecture published by Society for Information Management and edited by Leon Kappelman. Those who study advances in health care and other fields find a “generation” lag of about 20 years before discoveries are adopted haphazardly into standard practice. And three or…