Real world thinking!
Hallelujah! David Tebbutt has written one of the most profound pieces of common sense that I have seen for a long, long time.
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CIO strategy: mystery, art or science?
Ten years ago, whenever I met a new IT Director/ CIO, I often broke the ice by asking them to describe their strategy. Almost always the reply I received was a simple statement of procurement policy, such as “Windows on the desktop, Unix in the datacentre.”
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Information Governance: The Dirty Harry Strategy
After attending yesterday’s Eurim roundtable meeting on Information Governance, I think it will take a catastrophic data leakage disaster to shake the UK out of data governance complacency.
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is IT alignment a waste of time?
Aligning IT with business strategy is a redundant concept. Instead of wasting time trying to align IT with business strategy, we need to make sure that our business strategy is underpinned with truly effective information systems. Tweet READ MORE
IT ain’t strategic – King Canute knew why
Too many IT people bemoan the fact that IT is struggling to be taken seriously as a strategic dimension in their organisation. Well, tough luck guys. IT isn’t “strategic.” Never was, never will be. If King Canute was around today, he’d be first in line to demonstrate the folly of trying to make IT strategic.
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