Recent Posts Tagged With 'knowledge'

• Why Don’t IT Alliances Work Out?

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 06:59 in business, success, business opportunity, Failure, process, it, business opportunities, information technology, knowledge, alliance, flexibility, partner

  You would think that the more alliances that your company / IT department makes with other firms, then the better that they would become at making them. After all, practice makes perfect - doesn’t it? It turns out that this is not always the ca...

• When Giving IT Information, More Is Better

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 06:59 in business, innovation, information, business opportunity, it, business opportunities, information technology, knowledge, reports, metadata, business information, it strategy

  So just what is the job of an IT department once you get past the keeping the network up and applications running stuff? I think that we can all agree that it must have something to do with the company’s data, but exactly what does that ...

• Alignment 101: How To Do It

  Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 06:59 in business, growth, it, cio, information technology, knowledge, effective, effectiveness, costs, align, business process, alignment

  Achieving alignment between the business side of the house and IT is one of those things that everyone likes to talk about when they are putting together the goals for the upcoming year, and then nothing ever seems to get done about it. A surv...

• Just What Is This “Alignment” Thing?

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 06:59 in business, growth, it, cio, information technology, knowledge, effective, effectiveness, costs, align, business process, alignment

  Once upon a time the Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart said that pornography is hard to define, but “I know it when I see it.” In the world of IT it would appear as though alignment with the business side of the house is a lot l...

• Is IT Alignment Sooo 2008?

  Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 06:59 in business, growth, it, cio, information technology, knowledge, effective, effectiveness, costs, align, business process, alignment

  Is it possible that the holy grail of IT, getting our act together with the rest of the business, is no longer what we should be working on? A survey that was done by the consulting firm Bain & Co. sure seems to be saying this. Before any...

• Secrets Revealed: How To Get The Most From Your IT $$$

  Posted on Wednesday March 4th, 2009 at 05:59 in budget, business, it, information technology, return on investment, knowledge, competitive advantage, alignment

  Every firm spends loads of money on IT, why do only some (Walmart, FedEx) get a clear advantage from the money that they spend? A team of researchers lead by Dr. Gautam Ray talked with 104 insurance firms in order to get to the bottom of this...

• Secrets Revealed: Where Is All Of That IT $$$ Going?

  Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 05:59 in budget, business, it, information technology, return on investment, knowledge, competitive advantage, alignment

  Where’s the money going? Everyone knows that spending on IT departments and projects has been going through the roof for the last 10 years or so. Umm, does anyone know if the company has been getting any benefit from all of this increase...