Once dismissed as a vacuous Silicon Valley buzzword, Web 2.0 is gradually becoming recognized as an important collection of technologies, business strategies, and social trends. In this issue, we will discuss the technologies and concepts that underlie Web 2.0 — and what they mean for the enterprise.
This Cutter Benchmark Review issue investigates the extent of organizations’ adoption of application packages, the reasons for adoption, the benefits expected and the benefits realized, software changes, and any difficulties associated with adoption. (Not a member? Download your complimentary copy of the issue here.)
"Understanding the overall business value proposition and how IT and business can best align their strategies is fundamental to selecting the optimal organizational structure."— Jerry Luftman, Guest Editor
Budgets serve an a priori planning and communication role as well as a control and monitory a posteriori role. I hope that you will find this issue of CBR packed with useful data that helps you prepare your own IT budget (planning role) and survey-based ammunition that helps you back up your decisions with evidence (communication role). As always, the insight and guidelines brought to bear by our contributors should help you refine your own thinking about the appropriate course of action in your own organization.
We've been working on business intelligence (BI) for going on 20 years now. Yet many executives and managers still can't get what they need from their data analysis tools. They wish they had better prognostic capabilities. They wish they had predictive models that would notify them about potential problems or risks before they occur.
