Competition remains intense in the high-tech world. Budget cutbacks and short deadlines have become the norm. IT professionals need advice and experience they can rely on. If you're looking for honest assessments and opinion surrounding the IT management issues that have an immense impact on your organization right now, Cutter IT Journal is for you.

The monthly Journal and its between-issue companion the Cutter IT Advisor, provide you with a variety of perspectives on the issues you're dealing with today. Armed with opinion, data, and advice, you'll be able to make the best decisions, employ the best practices, and choose the right strategies for your organization.

Unlike academic journals, Cutter IT Journal doesn't water down or delay its coverage of timely issues with lengthy peer reviews. Each month, our expert Guest Editor delivers articles by internationally known IT practitioners that include case studies, research findings, and experience-based opinion on the IT topics enterprises face today - not issues you were dealing with six months ago, or those that are so esoteric you might not ever need to learn from others' experiences. No other journal brings together so many cutting-edge thinkers, and lets them speak so bluntly on issues such as:

• How to develop a devops culture in your organization

• The key skills required for the successful 21st century IT professional

• What network infrastructures are needed for fast response to large-scale crises

• The best ways to modernize and extract value from a legacy application

• How to maximize business performance using value chain analysis

• New and emerging technologies that can transform the customer experience

Cutter IT Journal subscribers consider the Journal a "consultancy in print" and liken each month's 5-6 articles exploring a single topic to the debates they've participated in at the end of a day at a conference, in the lounge - with every participant in the conversation excitedly expressing his or her viewpoint, backing it up with data and real-life experience.

Every facet of IT -- application integration, security, portfolio management, staffing, to name a few -- plays a role in the success or failure of your organization's IT efforts. Only the Cutter IT Journal and the Cutter IT Advisor deliver a comprehensive treatment of these critical issues and help you make informed decisions about the strategies you'll use to improve IT's performance.

The Cutter IT Journal is unique in that it is written by IT professionals -- people like you who face the same challenges and are under the same pressures to get the job done. The Journal brings you frank, honest accounts of what it takes to improve IT performance. You'll find out what works, what doesn't, and why.

Put your IT concerns in a business context. Discover the best ways to pitch new ideas to executive management. Ensure the success of your IT organization in an economy that encourages outsourcing and intense international competition. Avoid the common pitfalls and work smarter while under tighter constraints. You'll learn how to do all this and more when you subscribe to the Cutter IT Journal.