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Defining the Business Value of Information Technology

On: 04/30/2012 Views: 2717
This paper presents a simplified methodology to realize business benefits from IT investments - create a format enterprise architecture coupled with lifecycle cost optimization to ensure IT projects meet minimum hurdle rate. The author makes the case that this approach also has broad acceptance in the business community.
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IT Strategy to Harness the Cloud

On: 03/20/2012 Views: 2288
This whitepaper discusses the changes to IT capability - from strategy to organization and people - required to harness cloud computing. The authors argue that the competitive advantage in information technology infrastructure is diminishing with the cloud so the need is now to focus on the business advantages from using IT.
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Pricing Strategy For Professional Services

On: 04/18/2012 Views: 1573
The authors make a case for value driven pricing for professional services first analyzing the costs of ineffective pricing and then the key elelments of a profitable pricing strategy for professional services. The paper also introduces a framework for pricing professional services. Can an IT Organization act as a business by using professional services firms as a model? Can this framework for pricing be used for IT products and services?
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Optimizing Pricing of Services

On: 04/18/2012 Views: 1543
This paper discusses the two steps needed to optimize pricing - and maximize value delivery - namely, understanding strategic pricing parameters and leveraging tactical pricing opportunities. Good discussion for IT as a business for the lessons apply.
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Six IT Decisions Your IT People Shouldn’t Make

On: 02/14/2011 Views: 1542

 This paper discusses six decisions senior executives (read: non-IT executives) should not delegate to IT folks (read: CIO?) to "avoid IT disasters— and, more important, to help them generate real value from their IT investments"

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How to Price IT Services

On: 04/23/2012 Views: 1231
This presentation discusses pricing for services. The lessons here are applicable to pricing for information technology services as well.
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Communicating Value in Service Pricing

On: 04/23/2012 Views: 1122
This article discusses the implications of pricing services and proposes a framework that reconciles pricing with customer perception of value.
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Managing IT as a Business

On: 11/15/2010 Views: 1085

 This paper discusses managing information technology as a business - not a supplier or cost center but a fully functioning business value creator.

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How to Run IT Like a Business

On: 01/10/2011 Views: 1047

"Evolving from a cost center, IT is taking on the character, rigor and practices of a business within a business. It won’t be easy, but for CIOs it’s a matter of survival."

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Managing the Business of IT

On: 12/13/2010 Views: 951

This whitepaper discusses using service resource planning to leverage IT resources for maximum business value — "both for your IT business and the wider business that IT serves."

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