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Insider secrets to competing-and winning-in the tech-savvy marketplace The new generation of technology savvy workers is changing the way we look at productivity. Agility uniquely describes how technology agility impacts your business's performance and can become a critical success factor. A must-read for leaders defining business strategy and technology implementation, the methodology it describes will show how to measure and drive technology adoption and the derived impact on business results. * Includes international cases of various industries, from industry leaders * Incorporates the ideas of flexibility, balance, adaptability, and coordination under one umbrella * Uniquely describes how technology agility impacts business performance What differentiates Audi, BMW and Mercedes or GM? Understanding it can make or break the future of an organization. Agility makes it clear: the digital divide will be seen in those who take full advantage of the technology versus those merely have it.

Table of Contents:
Preface xiii Acknowledgments xix CHAPTER 1: Leading into the Future 1 Current Landscape 2 Key Forecast of IT Trends and Spends 4 Leading by Example 5 CHAPTER 2: Maximum Ride: Owning Technology versus Just Using IT 11 How the World Is Changing 13 Current Research in Enterprise Architecture 17 Making Quantum Leaps and Not Just Incremental Changes 22 Microsoft s Structured Approach 24 Infrastructure Maturity and the Impact on Core Business Performance 27 Trends 29 Note about Case Studies and the Infrastructure Optimization Model 31 CHAPTER 3: Optimizing for Agility: A Different Way to View Your Business 33 Individual, Organization, or Information Technology: Where Do You Start? 36 Role of Place, People, and Technology 44 Infrastructure Optimization 53 Capabilities: The Areas of Optimization 59 CHAPTER 4: Technology as the Competitive Edge 63 Why Benchmarking? 64 Auto, Finance, Healthcare, Public Sector View Comparison 69 CHAPTER 5: Business Impact: Technology Solutions from the Shop Floor to the Top Floor 109 IT as Business Enabler instead of Cost Center 110 Creating Business Intelligence from Data Overload 113 Improving Customer Contact through Web Site Design and Database Magic 118 Streamlining the Product Development Cycle 124 Retaining Confidentiality while Operating in the Cloud 128 Managing Suppliers and Inventory 132 Security, Security, and More Security 137 Working Anywhere, Anytime 140 Making Sustainability Part of the Bottom Line 143 CHAPTER 6: Assessing Your Situation 147 Where Is Your Starting Position? 150 Analyzing Where You Want to Go 156 Define Where You Want to Be 157 Where to Begin? 166 CHAPTER 7: Making It Happen 171 Big-Picture Goals during Change 173 Optimizing for Simplicity and Agility 181 Off-the-Shelf Solutions versus Customization 187 Building Your A Team 190 Ongoing Upgrades: Moving from Old to Always Fresh 195 Adoption Made Easier: Moving Data, Training People 196 CHAPTER 8: Optimizing Your Workforce: Leveraging the New with the Old 203 Technology Immigrants and Digital Natives 206 Getting Everyone across the Chasm 209 Social Networking: A Tool from Home Goes to Work 211 Sector Influence on Change 213 Old Dogs, New Kids, and the Naysayers 219 CHAPTER 9: Starting Over To Stay Ahead 225 Index 231


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470635445
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  • Height: 238 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Sub Title: Competing and Winning in a Tech–Savvy Marketplace
  • Width: 164 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0470635444
  • Publisher Date: 20 Aug 2010
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Weight: 476 gr


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