The term “post-industrial society” was first coined by Daniel Bell in 1973. He predicted things like the global diffusion of capital, the imbalance of international trade, and the decline of the manufacturingRead More…
Strictly speaking CIO extent is around company information asset management, even if he encompasses often operations management as well. Larger companies which would like to lead processes on its own, may feelRead More…
I thought some years ago that Enterprise information system growth was more or less linear, according to a size factor. But getting experience, I soon discovered that inserting a new application inRead More…
Financial Insights, a research subsidiary of IDC, forecasts that top 10 american financial institutions will cut their IT budgets by 30%. Money is becoming dearer worldwide and investments harder to make. EuropeRead More…
A recent survey commissioned by the Society for Information Management gave the following concerns for CEO, CIO and enterprise top managers : 1) IT/business alignment 2) Building business skills in IT 3)Read More…
I already wrote in a previous post how the number of papers discussing IT alignement suprised me. Indeed, for me, priority should be given to deciding, to planning and to setting upRead More…
CIO contribution is often assessed on the basis of IT value indicator which most of the time is improved when costs lower, quality of service rises, and risk level is acceptable. Furthermore,Read More…
In my previous post, I addressed the point of view that IT Strategy is not only business alignment, but should rely on a strong vision of IT role in the company. Then,Read More…
Holidays ending up shortly, it is time to rise up a little bit our views and to start discussing about Strategy. When reviewing papers regarding IT Strategy, they often talk about ITRead More…
At a UK IT conference, a senior IBM analyst provided some clues on what IT services will become in the future which were in short : 70% of 2005 CIO budget wasRead More…
