More Drivers of the Next-Generation Enterprise

by Charles E. Bess

In the December 2007 Cutter IT Journal covering Enterprise 2.0, I took the contrarian view that adding collaboration computing capabilities to the business environment is not sufficient to define a next generation of the enterprise (see "Attributes of the Next-Generation Enterprise"). Unlike the other authors, I described a number of attributes of the enterprise that will need to change. Collaboration is a key component, but only a small part of a larger need to reduce latency and improve consistency. Cutter Senior Consultant Vince Kellen, who provided the opening statement for the Journal, stated that my "technical perspective" will not directly alter the strategic landscape. He also describes the view of using simulation, workflow, and model-based approaches as "older" concepts. I couldn't disagree more. These are fundamental shifts that will cause strategic changes to how organizations deliver value through IT.

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More Drivers of the Next-Generation Enterprise19 March 2008