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July 22, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
In the Enterprise Systems article “Why Enterprise Clouds Are Inevitable” by Stephen Swoyer, the author tries to re-classify and redefine cloud computing. Quoting Stephen Elliot, vice-president of strategy with CA Inc, the author evaluates if the cloud computing is a hype or a disruptive IT infrastructure that will challenge current Enterprise IT model.
July 15, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
What is Googlenomics? Wired Magazine article by Steven Levy titled “Secret of Googlenomics: Data-Fueled Recipe Brews Profitablity” defines Googlenomics as dependency of Google on economic principles to hone what has become the search engine of choice for more than 60 percent of all Internet surfers, and then uses auction theory to grease the skids of its own operations.
July 8, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
WSJ.com article titled “Pendulum Is Swinging Back on ‘Scenario Planning’” provides anecdotal evidence highlighting that the use of Scenario Planning as a tool for Strategic Planning is making comeback because of this recession. The use of scenario planning rose following the 2001 terrorist attacks, to about 70% of executives surveyed by consultants Bain & Co. [...]
June 29, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | 4 Comments
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Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath has written a paradigm shifting article on the fleeting nature of the Competitive Advantage in an article titled “Competitive Advantage is Fleeting (And its Okay to Admit It)”. The goal of a great strategy is to achieve “Sustainable Competitive Advantage” – that’s what is taught in [...]
June 24, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | 1 Comment
SAP unveiled their new strategy for delivering software over the internet, as the German software group struggles to respond to a market that poses a significant long-term threat to its business according to the FT.com article “SAP reshapes strategy for online software”. Also read WSJ article “SAP to make Online Software Push”.
SaaS (Software as a [...]
June 18, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | 1 Comment
McKinsey Quarterly presents Enduring Ideas: Business Systems. This article makes a compelling presentation that by alignment of Business System is the cornerstone in creating a truly integrated business strategy.
So what is a Business System? According to the article “the business system” charts all the steps involved in creating and delivering a company’s product. At each [...]
June 15, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | 1 Comment
When it comes time to manage key projects in the IT portfolio, CIOs need successful IT project managers who exhibit the qualities of a good leader, including the ability to motivate people according to Search CIO article titled “For a successful project manager, look for qualities of a good leader”.
According to the article at least [...]
June 8, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | 2 Comments
When a company like Coca Cola, which has several flavored drinks wants to know what its customers prefer, what does it do? Well, it intends to use IT to monitor the pulse of its customers. According to Information Week article titled “Coke’s RFID-Based Dispensers Redefine Business Intelligence”, Coke plans to roll out the Freestyle drink [...]
May 31, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
At the sixth annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, the current role of CIO in an organization was challenged according to Linda Tucci in CIO.com article titled “Experts: CIO moving more into business, process optimization”. She writes that what companies really need is a Chief Simplicity Officer, someone who can commoditize IT services that offer no [...]
May 27, 2009 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
The combination of expense cuts and increased productivity is driving a push towards a growing use of remote collaboration software and equipments according to FT.com article ‘Virtual conference victory for Cisco Systems’. The article states that companies are accelerating their deployments of high-definition video conferencing gear made by the likes of Cisco and Hewlett-Packard.
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Raj Sheelvant has more than 15 years of varied experience in the field of Information Technology and is passionate about aligning IT with Business needs.
Raj strongly believes that IT can be leveraged to create, sustain and enable Business Strategy. This is a blog that demonstrates value added by IT to the Strategy
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