Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
An IT services-based economy offers consumers many alternatives and keeps prices low due to competition. In general, individual consumers benefit greatly from services-based economies. Consequently, SOA (services orientated architecture) and Cloud computing have been identified as IT innovations that will foster new markets and give rise to an IT services-based economy. But, when it comes…
Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to IT seems to be growing. Back in December, Network World published an article titled National Science Foundation commands artificial intelligence revolution. Apparently, NSF funds AI research to the tune of $90 million annually as part of its Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) grant program. Researchers can…
The past and present drive the future, and IT executives are hyper-aware that 2009 will force change on individuals, corporations and companies large and small. As an industry, we are likely to see a repeat of the flat budgets of the early 2000s, and all eyes will be on hoped for improvements in the economy,…
If the economy isn’t yet in the midst of a nuclear winter, it’s at least in a nuclear autumn. The financial meltdown has already changed the face of the financial industry, and some analysts say we’ve only seen the beginning. And it’s likely that the landscape of other industries will soon be re-shaped as well….
Do any of the following statements sound familiar? – “We need to SOA-enable more of our applications.” – “We’ll be more flexible if we tie our systems together with BPM.” – “Richer Web 2.0 interfaces can make it easier for less technical staff to learn and use our application.” You’ve probably heard similar statements recently….
There is a lot of buzz around the use of Agile methodologies for software development, and Agile is providing quantifiable benefits for companies engaged in large-scale development projects. By applying Agile principles, software development executives have reported multiple benefits, including higher quality software, a product that “hits the mark” in terms of meeting business requirements,…
In a perfect world, the implementation of a service oriented architecture (SOA) in your organization will help better align IT services with those day-to-day business processes in which your colleagues, customers, and partners engage. Yet, in order to reap the promise of SOA, the prudent CIO must wrangle both organizational and technology oriented challenges—keeping an…
Nearly every CIO is squeezed between the urgent need to increase IT adoption vs. staving off rogue staffers hot after their favorite device or software. In this regard, the CIO both giveth and taketh away. But nowhere is that squeeze harder or more brutal than at the helm of high tech companies where staffers often…
Although some folks are chatting about Software Plus Service (S+S), few have heard it mentioned around the water cooler yet. It is a subject, however, that will grab the buzz before much longer. Central to the Google-Microsoft wars, S+S pertains to the upcoming cloud computing phenomenon, as well. On the one hand, Google’s approach to…
As service orientated architecture (SOA) hits mainstream, anecdotes about SOA deployments gone awry become increasingly commonplace. Like the report of Mark Twain’s “death,” in which his illness was distorted by word of mouth into the ultimate departure, reports of the demise of SOA have been greatly exaggerated. No doubt about it SOA is difficult. However,…