The best way to view enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications is that they support the business process needs of an organisation. Primarily, they have focused on the foundation (planning/managing) part of the customer cycle (order entry...
The on-rushing convergence between infrastructure players (telcos, cable TV, satellite broadcasters) and content production (Internet portals, broadcasters, software vendors), is manifesting itself strongly across a wide range of industry mergers...
Business managers have - finally - woken up to the idea that IT can be a strategic investment. Despite this, many companies continue to balk at spending significant sums on IT infrastructure. One reason for this is that investments in...
Ebusiness has unquestionably enhanced the importance of IT organisation and strategy this enhancement has, however, come with a twofold price. Firstly, the importance of IT has meant greater scrutiny of the quality of IT services as perceived by...
Over the past six months, the trade press and finance experts have repeatedly stated that business-to-business ecommerce (B2B) will dwarf business-to-consumer ecommerce (B2C) by a rate of five to one.
Who's got the next big vision? The latest vision is "open source" and no specific vendor owns it. It fails to take account of "the vision thing". Every now and then a new IT vision is introduced into the world, which favours a particular vendor.