Archive for May, 2008
Negotiation Skill for IT Managers
No commentsWall Street Journal Article titled Art of Persuasion Becomes Key talks about recent changes due to globalization that has elevated the need for managers to improve their influencing skill. Today, managers work more often with peers where lines of authority that aren’t clear or doesn’t exist. Large problems need help from personnel from […]
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Is SaaS Unstoppable?
No commentsBig businesses may have reached the tipping point in their acceptance of Software as a Service (SaaS) and large companies are moving beyond the early adapter stage, according to information week article SaaS Market Heats Up. Also, Salesforce.com reported net income of $9.56 million (50% Revenue Growth) on revenues of $247.6 million in the […]
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Role of Virtualization in IT Strategy
1 comment so farVMware CTO Steve Herrod in the article on eWeek.com titled Why Virtualization Is Becoming Strategic says that most organizations originally set out to utilize virtualization technologies in their IT systems to consolidate servers and save power draw, virtualization almost invariably becomes a strategic asset for the organization. It’s interesting to note how tactical […]
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Dell’s Game PC Turnaround Strategy
No commentsWall Street Journal (WSJ) article dated May 13, 2008 titled Dell Tries to Revive Its Game PCs (you need to subscribe to WSJ to read the article), talks about surprising steps Dell is taking to reinvigorate its business. It will phase out four gaming systems - its XPS line leaving Alienware line that it […]
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Innovation through Collaboration
No commentsThe expansive reach of collaborative technology can bring together expertise and expedite innovation. This was common underlying conclusion by many industry leaders that presented at “Achieving Innovation through Collaboration” symposium. This symposium was hosted by the Center for Advancing Business through Information Technology at the W. P. Carey School of Business.
One of the interesting […]
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Creative Destruction at the Speed of Thought
No commentsJoseph Schumpeter, the noted economist popularized the term Creative Destruction
This is how the process of Creative Destruction works: Initially, entrepreneurs innovate to create product/service with an unknown growth prospect. In order to generate profit they take huge risks and devote a huge amount of time to create an entirely new market for their product/service. To […]
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McKinsey’s 7-S Strategy Framework
No commentsMcKinsey introduced the 7-S framework for strategy in the late 1970s, The framework maps seven interrelated factors that influence an organization’s ability to change—shared values, skills, staff, strategy, structure, style, and systems—and shows how these forces interact. Unlike Porter’s Framework, 7-S Framework emphasizes coordination more strongly; 7-S suggests that they can make significant progress […]
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