Business Intelligence, Information Technology, Information Technology Strategy, Information Technology value, IT Roadmap, IT Strategy
Google alerts are Great! I found a great blog by Steven Romero at CA Technologies on the importance of IT Strategy. I have discussed IT strategy here based on the concept of aligning the IT Strategy with the Business Strategy. Steve discusses embedding IT into the...
Business Intelligence, Business Process, General, Information Technology, Information Technology value, IT Strategy, Mobile Device Applications
Are you frustrated because you have to wait until after the financial month end close to obtain any information about your company or departments operating results? This happens in too many companies today! In my last post, The Real Value of...
General, Information Technology, IT Spending, IT Strategy
Most CEO’s and CFO’s of companies of all sizes would say that IT expenses are too high and they are not convinced that they receive value for what they spend. CIO’s today spend a significant amount of time focusing on reducing costs and...
Information Technology Strategy, IT in M&A Transaction, IT Strategy, M&A transaction
Growing your business by acquisition seems like a fabulous idea but it can be fraught with problems especially when Information Technology is ignored! In my last post I discussed the article in the McKinsey Quarterly "Understanding the Strategic Value of IT in...
General, Information Technology Strategy, IT Strategy, M&A transaction, Role of CIO
M&A transactions were in the news this week with the article in the McKinsey Quarterly entitled ‘Understanding the Strategic Value of IT in M&A’. I of course was thrilled to see this article as the authors Hugo Sarrazin and Andy West echoed...
Finance Department, Information Technology, Information Technology Strategy, IT Roadmap, IT Strategy
At some point you have probably heard the quote, ‘If you fail to plan you are planning to fail’. And with that individuals create goals and plans for their careers, life, vacations and companies create corporate strategies, annual plans and budgets...