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Understanding SOA with Web Services
Mike Rosen
IBM'S Acquisition of Corio Validates ASP/SaaS Model
Jeffrey Kaplan
While much of the business community is focused on the mega mergers between telecommunications carriers such as SBC and AT&T or the tumultuous acquisition of PeopleSoft by Oracle, a far smaller but potentially more significant acquisition by IBM Corporation of Corio Inc. could serve as a real indicator of the future direction of IT.
Global Sourcing: A Hybrid Model Is Emerging
Wendell Jones
For more information on Cutter Consortium's Sourcing and Vendor Relationships advisory service, please contact Dennis Crowley at +1 781 641 5125 or e-mail dcrowley@cutter.com.
The End of the US Public Corporation?
Robert Charette
Relational and Object-Oriented Database Design in the 21st Century -- Part 1
Ken Orr
Relational and Object-Oriented Database Design in the 21st Century series: Part 1
Increase Customer Satisfaction: Divide and Conquer
Kenneth Rau
IT departments, like any business, are constantly being asked to excel in three dimensions simultaneously: quality of services, operational efficiency, and customer care. When you think about it, isn't that all there is? But you know what? It can't be done: you can't excel in all three at once. If you try, you won't be consistently outstanding at any one, let alone all three, and you'll just wind up in the "muddled middle."
What's the "Right" IT Spending Level?
Bob Benson, Tom Bugnitz, Tom Bugnitz, Tom Walton, William Walton, William Walton, Kaleb Walton
In the past months we have been asked by three different IT organizations some variation of this question: "In our industry, what percent of revenue should we be spending on IT?" The question seems to be driven by one of the following three pressures, most coming from outside of IT:
What's the "Right" IT Spending Level?
Bob Benson, Tom Bugnitz, Tom Bugnitz, Tom Walton, William Walton, William Walton, Kaleb Walton
In the past months we have been asked by three different IT organizations some variation of this question: "In our industry, what percent of revenue should we be spending on IT?" The question seems to be driven by one of the following three pressures, most coming from outside of IT:
Simulation and Business Process Management
Curt Hall
As companies gain more experience and become more adept at business process optimization, they are beginning to examine the use of simulation tools for modeling and analyzing business processes.
Why Information Security Matters
Daniel Geer
Agile Methods and Outsourcing
Helen Pukszta
Identity Resolution Management
Curt Hall
IBM's recent acquisition of SRD -- a vendor of "identity resolution management" technology -- helps shed some light on this very interesting application of data cleansing software.
Enterprise Decision Management
Curt Hall
For more information on Cutter Consortium's Business Intelligence advisory service, please contact Dennis Crowley at +1 781 641 5125 or e-mail dcrowley@cutter.com.
Decision Planning
Jim Highsmith
Decision Planning
Jim Highsmith
Augmented Reality
Ken Orr
Readers of my Advisors know that I'm a big fan of Douglas Engelbart. Among other things, Engelbart and his group at Systems Development Corporation were responsible in the 1960s for many of the fundamental ideas behind personal computers, including windows, full-screen text editing, the mouse, and perhaps even the concept of the personal computer itself.
IT Services and Outsourcing
Helen Pukszta
IT Portfolio Management: A Framework in Progress
Robert Austin
Looking Ahead to 2005
Mike Rosen
IT Leadership Role -- Expanding Their Niche
Mary Elizabeth Ferraro