- Business/IT Co-Evolution - The Role of the Cloud
4 Nov 09 | Presentation
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.
- Rethinking Management and Employee Engagement - the Role of Enterprise Technologies
3 Nov 09 | Presentation
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.
- Cloud rEvolution: The Art of Abstraction (Volume 2)
29 Oct 09 | LEF Technology Program Reports
Abstraction, long used in IT to mask complexity, is an essential ingredient for cloud computing. It's the secret sauce that sets up hardware and software to be delivered as services from the cloud. Cloud rEvolution: The Art of Abstraction shows clients how to mix that sauce for their specific needs.
- The Cloud rEvolution – Improving Agility, Cutting Costs, and Accelerating Business Innovation
22 Oct 09 | Presentation
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.
- People Not Engaged and Performance Struggling? – What Role Management and Technology?
13 Oct 09 | Presentation
The global economic downturn, low levels of employee engagement and the growth crisis in organisations have underlined management’s difficulties in creating adaptable and engaging organisations to deal with the increasingly complex challenges of modern markets and economies. Research shows the search by management for greater levels of employee engagement to enable higher levels of performance through innovation, service, commitment and creativity appears to becoming harder and harder.
- Bridging the Gap between the CIO and the Board
12 Oct 09 | Single Topic Reports
This report examines the relationship between the CIO and the board: how it has evolved over the past 30 years; what factors have contributed to the disconnect (and disillusionment) we see today; and what can be done about it, including practical steps that directors and boards can take to forge a more productive relationship. Our recommendations for bridging the gap span five key areas of engagement between the board and the CIO: strategic alignment, reputation protection, value realisation, compliance and succession planning.