Business/IT Co-Evolution - The Role of the Cloud
4 Nov 09
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Once a mere adjunct to the organisation, information technology is now increasingly inseparable from the organisation it serves. We are used to thinking about the many ways that IT has changed business (e-commerce, e-mail, databases, etc), but we don’t usually think as much about the ways that business and societal forces — such as advertising, property rights and governments — are shaping the course of information technology. The LEF believes the phrase business/IT co-evolution provides a powerful metaphor with which to describe and anticipate this two-way process of change.
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Rethinking Management and Employee Engagement - the Role of Enterprise Technologies
3 Nov 09
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The economic recession has affected us all, but it was the outcome of the actions of very few people in very few organisations. By contrast, the more important disruption that is unfolding, in front of our eyes, is the outcome of multiple small changes in the behaviour of very many people primarily enabled by technology. Like all revolutions, it is a mass movement, even though many of the participants are sublimely unaware of the transformational role they are playing.
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The Cloud rEvolution – Improving Agility, Cutting Costs, and Accelerating Business Innovation
22 Oct 09
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Over the last year, the Leading Edge Forum has been researching both the business implications and technical evolution of the cloud computing phenomenon. In this presentation, Bob will discuss how cloud computing is being used today in large organisations to make their operations more scalable, virtual, and agile, while simultaneously shifting to on-demand and variable cost models. As more and more business activity moves to the cloud, companies are adopting new management and security practices, while embracing ongoing cultural change.
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