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November 20, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | 1 Comment
Forrester Research reports that currently SaaS-based IT management tools accounts for about 1% of the $18 billion IT management software market. But that is about to change and SaaS is set to account for 10% of the IT Management Software market by 2013. It’s not just the small or start-up companies but there is surprising [...]
November 14, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | 3 Comments
Current economic crisis can provide a perfect backdrop for Disruptive Innovation according to Knowledge@Wharton article titled ‘Why an Economic Crisis Could Be the Right Time for the Companies to Engage in Disruptive Innovation’
Quoting Paul J.H. Schoemaker, research director for the Mack Center for Technological Innovation, the article notes that there are 2 kinds of innovations [...]
November 13, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
Due to financial meltdown we are going to experience a global recession and companies will look to IT to lower their costs in the coming months. CIOs need to think about the downturn on two fronts, according to the SearchCIO article Forrester: How IT rides out the recession
First, IT leaders should focus on projects that [...]
November 10, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
The following blog is by Guest Blogger Patrick Dacre, Chief Encouragement Officer for HarmonyNet Media Group and Developer of In Business 4 Good Campaigns. View his LinkedIn bio here. Contact him at +16469613748.
During my recent visit to London, I was thrilled to be invited to the local Green IT expo, which came through my association [...]
October 29, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
eWeek article titled Seven Disruptive Trends Driving the Digital Revolution has re-published a synopsis of top trends to watch. This list is originally published by CSE and you can read the 96 page report here.
Here is the list from the article
New Media: The Internet has become the new media. What some call Web 2.0 is [...]
October 26, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is testing its ability to use the internet to sell its toothpaste, household cleaners and nappies directly to US households, in a potential long-term strategic challenge to its retail partners according to Financial Times article titled P&G web move is challenge to retailers dated October 19th 2008. The article notes that [...]
October 17, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | 3 Comments
Of more than 600 business technology execs who responded to the survey in July 2008, 40% said they had decreased their IT spending that quarter relative to their 2008 budgets according to the article How CIOs Are Setting IT Strategy Amid Economic Uncertainty.
While the market grabbed attention past couple of months, the underlying concern is [...]
October 13, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | 1 Comment
The Bluest of the blue chip companies, General Electrics’ stock has been falling precipitously due to global credit crunch. General Electric (GE) had used the Lateral Diversification Strategy or Conglomerate Diversification Strategy as its growth strategy. By consistently increasing in performance objectives beyond past levels of performance, GE has been able to raise its dividends [...]
October 8, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | No Comments
As the global economy collapses, companies are bound to trim spending to improve the bottom line. Since information technology is bucketed as cost, senior executives inevitably will turn their attention to IT budgets for substantial contributions. Earnings miss by SAP (read article here) indicates that both Multinationals and SME (small and medium enterprises) are nervous [...]
September 29, 2008 by Raj Sheelvant | 1 Comment
The first step in managing IT Manager, CIO brand is understanding one’s environment. IT managers persist in believing their work is about deploying hardware and software when, in fact, their primary job is about deploying change. CIOs are selling change to people who often don’t want it. This is according to SearchCIO article CIOs must [...]
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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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