Many of us remember that after the Y2K boom in the late ’90s and the cloud craziness that followed, IT costs associated with applications, infrastructure, and support grew unconstrained. Rationalizing IT costs was a tremendous need in the large public companies I worked with, and I continue to work on aligning IT … Read More >
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Ringing The Cash Register (With Innovation)
I wrote last week that the value of technology is less about technology and more about your business. I consider three "must have" cases for making any kind of investment in it: Dramatically increasing revenue Radically reducing costs Enabling a previously unavailable strategic capability There’s a … Read More >
The Value of Technology (Is Not About Technology)
It's easy to see how technology enables most business management capabilities. From finances to customer relationships to supply chain to human resources, they are all underpinned by technology, much of which typically resides within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Harder to see, but equally as … Read More >
Managing Technology Like A Business
Think about this. Technology enables practically every business capability, which presents yet another management challenge. How does a leader harness technology to support or enable business objectives? How does the lack of emphasis on management of technology impair your business objectives? I use the term … Read More >
Who Is Your Cybersecurity Expert?
Most Fortune 500 companies have a position called Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”). Wikipedia defines the CISO as “the senior-level executive within an organization responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise vision, strategy, and program to ensure information assets and technologies are … Read More >