Comments on: Is IT Strategic in the New Age of Innovation? http://ITStrategyBlog.com/is-it-strategic-in-the-new-age-of-innovation/ Raj Sheelvant's blog on harnessing Information Technology to create and sustain competitive advantage for the businesses Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Raj Sheelvant http://ITStrategyBlog.com/is-it-strategic-in-the-new-age-of-innovation/#comment-1259 Raj Sheelvant Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:53:13 +0000 http://ITStrategyBlog.com/is-it-strategic-in-the-new-age-of-innovation/#comment-1259 Nick, you are reiterating the conclusion drawn by Nicholas Carr's HBR article 'IT Doesn't Matter'. Although compelling, I think, conclusion drawn by Nick Carr is wrong. Later on he has corrected his argument in his book Big Switch. Read my blog commenting on his switch... http://itstrategyblog.com/nicholas-carr-contradicts-himself/. I appreciate your view point which is diametrically opposite to my view point. I think its very short sighted to dispel IT as a commodity. My entire blog is devoted to highlight and point out how companies use IT to create and sustain competitive advantage. Thanks for your comment. Nick, you are reiterating the conclusion drawn by Nicholas Carr’s HBR article ‘IT Doesn’t Matter’. Although compelling, I think, conclusion drawn by Nick Carr is wrong. Later on he has corrected his argument in his book Big Switch. Read my blog commenting on his switch… http://itstrategyblog.com/nicholas-carr-contradicts-himself/.
I appreciate your view point which is diametrically opposite to my view point. I think its very short sighted to dispel IT as a commodity. My entire blog is devoted to highlight and point out how companies use IT to create and sustain competitive advantage.
Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Nick Vasco http://ITStrategyBlog.com/is-it-strategic-in-the-new-age-of-innovation/#comment-1258 Nick Vasco Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:41:31 +0000 http://ITStrategyBlog.com/is-it-strategic-in-the-new-age-of-innovation/#comment-1258 I can not agree at all that IT is fully strategic for companies. As railroads, electric energy were strategic in the past and now they are commodities, IT has also become commodity those days. No matter what you invest in IT, your competitor will catch up soon. It is an illusion to think that IT is really strategic for any business. It is true that for a period of time one may have advantage, but soon this will be gone and your high investiment will also be gone. We must be really careful when we say IT is reaaly strategic for business. Thanks to all I can not agree at all that IT is fully strategic for companies. As railroads, electric energy were strategic in the past and now they are commodities, IT has also become commodity those days. No matter what you invest in IT, your competitor will catch up soon. It is an illusion to think that IT is really strategic for any business. It is true that for a period of time one may have advantage, but soon this will be gone and your high investiment will also be gone. We must be really careful when we say IT is reaaly strategic for business.

Thanks to all

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