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Par davidjf le 17/01/07 - 15:40

IT ROI, again, a nice contribution with 3 categories of funding for IT applications

Stimulating article from McKinsey, on the old problem of relation of IT department with silos.

This split inside IT between "IT demand" and "IT supply" is a (non perfect!) solution. That clarifies too the business owner location, treats better alignment challenges...

En France, les notions de Maître d'ouvrage (dans les silos), de Maître d'ouvrage délégué (souvent dans les fonctions informatiques), de Maître d'oeuvre (SI) permettent ce jeu...

Predictions 2007 again:

On Data Management: I like the last paragraph about the difficulties to make the bridge between ERPs and old applications, in an SOA view...

Nice survey on IT spendings, with an emphasis on "worker-friendly" tools (PDA's, Wifi, ...)

Another view of CIO 2007 priorities:

with this significant hit-parade: ITIL, VOIP, CRM, Storage, Web services, BI

Hi Tech by MIT

Evolution of bandwith on optical fiber

Personal technology: from social networks by telephone to advanced uses of Google map

Intéressant article sur la nécessité de "vendeurs consultants" pour toute vente technologique; Ce glissement n'est pas récent, mais touche désormais tout le monde...