Buzzword: Business Model
"Business model" has to be the king of buzzwords. "Strategy" is not far behind but there is something about business models that makes it more powerful! This article tries to demystify the term.
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Help! We are being treated as a cost center!
Let’s face it. An IT organization that has to justify its budget as a cost center has lost the respect of the business community somewhere along the line.
Reconcilable Differences: IT and Post-merger Integration
New research shows an important difference in the way senior IT executives and senior business managers define success in a merger transaction. Whats behind this alignment gap? How will it affect M&A execution in the future?
Why IT ROI doesn’t matter?
Does IT ROI matter? Great many intelligent people are spending sleepless nights and countless dollars calculating IT ROI. The author argues that they are wasting their time and shareholder dollars!
IT Consolidation and the Bottom Line
There are few more ready means of improving earnings per share than the consolidation and rationalization of IT systems, hardware, networks and other infrastructure. In fact, this isn’t about technology at all: It’s a business decision with profound balance-sheet implications.
Driving the Full Business Value of Mergers and Acquisitions through Better IT Due Diligence
Due diligence activities usually are focused primarily on business and financial issues. Thus, many organizations fail to look closely enough at the information technology aspects of the deal. As a consequence, companies may put large proportions of targeted value at risk.
Total Economic Impact (TEI) Case Study: Financial Impact of Implementing Application Feature
Explore this case study to learn about the transformative effects of application streaming technology on business operations, showcasing substantial cost savings and enhanced productivity.
What’s Wrong with IT Strategy?
Why does IT Strategy work sometimes and not others?
Total Economic Impact (TEI) Case Study: Financial Impact of Implementing Virtual Display Terminal
This case study provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic benefits that come with the deployment of virtual display technology, including ROI and cost savings.
Total Cost of Ownership Comparison (TCO) for Mainframe Migration Case Study
This paper provides the results from two total cost of ownership (TCO) based studies to make a case for migrating from mainframes to open system alternatives.