Ensuring IT Is E-Business Ready

by Ian S. Hayes

In the minds of some, the debate still rages: is e-business merely another overblown trend, or is it (as many analysts claim) a monumental change on the order of the industrial revolution? If one focuses strictly on technology, the first argument has some merit. After all, how many technological "revolutions" have passed through IT organizations over the past 30 years? The Internet may be here to stay, but there will always be another new technology to capture the minds of IT professionals.