Does IT deliver on its promises?
This article first appeared on Memeburn. The question that is not yet sufficiently analysed, particularly in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is: How does the overall performance of the IT function...
View ArticleBridging the business-IT divide through Relevant IT
This article first appeared on Memeburn. Having now written a total of seven articles examining different aspects of what is needed to add real value to your business using information technology, it...
View ArticleGoing digital has many pitfalls – the true story of a media company’s journey
Having been in the media industry for fifteen years, I have seen companies come and go, new models attempted and journalism, in general, change substantially. Today the big change is about digital and...
View ArticleSo my business has intelligence already, what is this ‘BI’, and why do I need...
The first thing any small to medium enterprise (SME) executive thinks when he hears the term “BI” is, ‘yet another acronym buzzword that my IT department is going to heckle me about’. Let’s take a...
View ArticleBridging the business–IT divide needs a common language for understanding IT...
Recently published on Itweb At a recent event held in Century City, Cape Town, SME-focused IT managed services specialist Space Age Technologies revealed an all-new stratagem for modern small and...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the business IT divide
This is a guest blog post by Mark Geschke Almost everybody will agree that there is a divide between business and IT role players. After showing how this divide is the root cause for most of the...
View ArticleHow to harness the strategic value that IT can add to your business – a...
Information Technology has come a long way since the days of a business having a single PC stuck away in the corner processing invoices and purchase orders and occasionally being used to browse the...
View ArticleIT’s struggles
So often IT has to deal with a few struggles. And not all of them are technical issues. Business needs to understand what IT is doing and in doing that – bridge the business IT divide. The next...
View ArticleBeware of a “Trusted IT Advisor”
This is a guest blog post by Mark Geschke. For the original article, please click here. According to most research reports (here an example from PWC), the appropriate application of digital...
View ArticleHow does the business make complex IT decisions?
This article first appeared on Memeburn. After having addressed, in my previous articles, the different aspects of the Business’ Expectations, the IT Skill sets needed and the IT team’s positioning in...
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