Main concerns for IS/IT management when outsourcing
This post discusses main concerns for IS/IT management when outsourcing. Outsourcing some or all of a firm’s computer operations, network operations or IT function results in a number of concerns…
Implications for IT/IS Management when exploiting Cloud computing
The IT industry is going through great transformation and cloud computing is helping to deliver business-driven speed and agility and IT readers must ask themselves “Are we, as an organization,…
Evolution of CIO
For many pioneers and early adopters , the technology was little more than a curiosity. Few people in the 1970s and early 1980s had the vision to see where it was…
Key Components of Information System Management
This post discusses the key components of an Information System Management. The mission of Information Systems is to improve the performance of people in organizations through the use of information…
The role of CIO today
In this blog, we look at the role of CIO today. The role of CIO today is one of Leading, Governing, Investing and Managing. Leading – Creating vision by understanding…
Knowledge Management Models
“Knowledge is experience. Everything else is information.” Einstein Knowledge Management (KM) is a process that helps organisations identify, select, organise, disseminate and transfer important information and expertise that are part…
Why public sector experience difficulties in developing an information systems strategy?
A public sector organisation is one whose ownership, funding and operation are by the government or one of its agencies (Broadbent and Guthrie, 2008; OECD, 2006) For example Irish Defence…
Benefits and Challenges of Business IT/IS alignment
What business IT/IS alignment is There is no universal definition for IT/IS Alignment. It is the process that brings a degree of strategic intent and coordination to the business activities.…