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Innovation: Cutting Edge IT

By Dick Weisinger

At a Symposium in Barcelona in late May, Gartner announced a list of four elements that “Define the Leading Edge of IT Change”.

Social Network Interaction
Companies should tap and solicit input from communities of their customers.
Competitive Rule Breakers
To stay level with global competitors from places like China and India, companies will need to seek out innovation and be filling to accept risk. “Imagine what’s possible and design how to get there.”
Changes in Technology Ownership
Virtualization, Commoditisation, IT modularity and free communication have reduced the emphasis of importance on hardware and software ownership. Company value now comes from business processes and relationships.
IT should be used as a Tangible Differentiator
To be effective, technology needs to be strategically focused on solving business problems and improving business processes.  Technology for technology’s sake can be expensive.

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