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Exploit IT for Strategic Benefit

Harvard Business Review

IT leaders have long embraced the idea that the role of the IT unit, and of enterprise IT systems, is to enable business. However, when we ask CIOs how their "enabling" is going, they consistently respond that sometimes it goes well; sometimes not so much. And other CIOs nodded in agreement. CIOs Must Lead Outside of IT.

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Do You Have the IT For the Coming Digital Wave?

Harvard Business Review

Technology innovation is not slowing down or leveling off, but ramping up — and businesses will soon face a barrage of new digital possibilities. It is no longer sufficient for IT just to be ''aligned'' with your business objectives; a fusion is needed. Google''s CIO on How to Make Your IT Department Great.

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