Information Technology (IT) IS Not Just A Commodity

I have just started reading a book on the next leap in productivity.  The forward itself is so powerful I thought it was worth a BLOG.

Is say that when CEO’S, CFO’s, etc. are asked about IT they generally don’tcare.  They say I care about business results, not IT nor running water, simple facts of life.  This is a huge mistake because in most companies today because YOU CANT ACHIEVE BUSINESS RESULTS WITHOUT  IT…Banks are big software companies with money… Even a ship is a big floating IT system of systems. so..

Top management should care about IT” because superior IT is a competitive advantage in a networked global economy.”

That is why SEER for IT and SEER for Software are so important… Bringing more success to IT projects and bringing competitive advantage.

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2 Responses to “Information Technology (IT) IS Not Just A Commodity”

1. Lee on March 12th, 2009 7:07 pm

   The idea of this first gained prominence some time ago. Notably, airlines were said to be software companies with airplanes, due to the sophistication of their yield management systems, which played more of a role in profitability than did the actual numbers of passengers they carried.

   But the philosophy is double edged. Yes, modern businesses of scale can generally be described as software companies engaged in certain lines of business, but the truth is that they are businesses making intensive use of software. For example, pharma – their assets are most intensiveyl deployed in drug discovery, and yet without domain knowledge, their software assets are useless.

   The point of the spear is the mission of the business. For example, Galorath’s mission is to provide estimates, and thus the point of ours is the research we provide. Software enables us to deliver this in usable form.

2. Lee on March 17th, 2009 11:48 am

   If you are interested in the content behind the assertion, I urge you to examine the IBM Global CEO Study “The Enterprise of the Future” based on a survey of 1,130 CEOs. Its main themes are:

   HUNGRY FOR CHANGE
   INNOVATIVE BEYOND CUSTOMER IMAGINATION
   GLOBALLY INTEGRATED
   DISRUPTIVE BY NATURE
   GENUINE, NOT JUST GENEROUS

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