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How to Optimally Align IT with Your Business Processes?

Strategy Driven

Structuring business information is also referred to as enterprise architecture. How Does Enterprise Architecture Add Value? The market a company operates in should also be taken into account for enterprise architecture. In order for enterprise architecture to be effective, a company must be agile.

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The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

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Enterprise Thinking

Coaching Tip

Just as enterprise integration and enterprise architecture are used by IT professionals to technicalogically integrate all the tentacles of organizations for greater efficiencies and better outcomes, think of Enterprise Thinking as the leader's mental arsenal to accomplish the same. Forecasting: Forecasting the future.

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“Which business books should every executive keep near at hand?”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Soon most of us will be exchanging holiday gifts and perhaps you’ll be asked what you would like to receive. Why not suggest some business books? In my opinion, whether as a gift from someone else or one you give yourself, these ten are among the essentials, listed in title alpha order: Beyond Performance: How [.].

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Firms Need a Blueprint for Building Their IT Systems

Harvard Business Review

At a time when the customer end of the business model seems to be getting all the attention, executives must not neglect the equally important operations back end. The discipline of enterprise architecture (EA)—creating and adhering to an overarching plan for building IT systems—has been around for some time.

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

Note that the high-profile C-suite executives at firms like Borders, Jessops, and Bank of New England had large IT budgets, but no longer have a company to make more efficient today.). As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., Improving Operational Efficiency.

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Bridging the Gap Between Marketing and IT

Harvard Business Review

Marketing executives are being tasked with leveraging technology to improve customer experience, drive client growth, and meet loyalty goals. Yet marketing and IT executives often don’t speak the same language or understand each other’s goals or roadmaps. How can we not only keep pace but innovate and lead?