Tag Archives: IT

So What Does IT Really Know?

So What Does IT Really Know?

Feb 08, 2011 by

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Remember our old curmudgeon, the one who continually pointed out the critical issues that needed to be addressed immediately? It turns out the IT guy did have some accurate premonitions, but also may have lacked the acumen necessary to pick the right battles.

 

Data: Potentially Strategic

Data: Potentially Strategic

Feb 02, 2011 by

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Last week, I summarized the reasoning that a group at the Data Governance Conference followed to conclude that, except for a special few, IT was simultaneously growing more important and less strategic. The conclusion hinges on a precise definition of “strategic,” namely “critical to sustainable marketplace advantage.”

 

How Does IT Know?

How Does IT Know?

Feb 01, 2011 by

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In my last posts, we looked at the challenge of the IT group communicating business value to the business consumers and why siloed subject matter experts may not have the broadest view of issues that impact the enterprise. The reason I bring these issues up is that conversations with IT folks point out impacts related to system failure across the organization that are largely ignored by the business side until they feel the monster’s breath steaming on the back of their necks.

 

IT: More Important and Less Strategic

IT: More Important and Less Strategic

Jan 26, 2011 by

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I had the pleasure of keynoting at the Data Governance Conference in Orlando last month. My talk was titled “What Does ‘Manage Data Assets’ Really Mean?” One of my mantras is that information technologies and data are different kinds of assets and so require separate management. This observation is akin to the observation that “capital” and “people” are different kinds of assets. So organizations have separate finance and human resources departments.

 

What Does IT Know?

What Does IT Know?

Jan 18, 2011 by

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Picture this: the old information management curmudgeon, sitting in a business meeting, silently stewing. Then, at some point, the old IT gentleman erupts about some or other critical issue that the business people have continually failed to observe.