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1 IS605/606: Information Systems Instructor: Dr. Boris Jukic Does It Matter? Reading Discussion

2 Main Points of the Article Capital Investment Expenditures on IT are nearing the 50% mark Strategic Resource has to be scarce Infrastructure analogy: – Steam engine, telegraph, railroads, electricity – Processor, Operating system, Bandwidth New Infrastructure technology often goes through the phase of overbuilding – Railroads vs. High speed optic fiber networks

3 Main Points of the Article Not only the technology but the modes of its use can be commoditized IT is primarily a transport mechanism – Analogies with railroads and electricity grid will hold IT functions are becoming highly standardized and are highly replicable – At the basic application level such as e-mail, word processing

4 Main Points of the Article Internet based Web services will commoditize business IS applications much like electric power or telecommunications services – MS and IBM will become IT “utility” companies providing applications over the “IT grid” Fall in cost of processing power results in rapidly increasing affordability of IT functions

5 Main Points of the Article Proprietary technology may offer early competitive advantage – AHS example: proprietary ordering system Improved efficiency Locked out competition In the long run the, sticking to the same system may prove to be a liability – Emergence of standardized, out-of-the-box systems In many cases, though, early adoption of the IT solution may lead to further operational and marketing advantages (trust, brand recognition) – FedEx: Package Tracking System – AA: SABRE reservation system – E-Bay: Internet Auctions

6 Main Points of the Article Opportunities for Gaining IT Advantages are Dwindling – Best practices are quickly built into software or reveres engineered and replicated Most IT-spurred industry transformations have already happened

7 Main Points of the Article Five signs that IT buildout is at its end – IT “power” is outstripping business needs – Price of essential IT functionality has dropped to the universally affordable point – Internet bandwidth capacity exceeds traffic demand No more WWW: “world wide wait” – IT vendors are positioning themselves as utility suppliers Stable recurring charge model – IT investment bubble has burst IT is at the point where it should be treated to remaining competitive but inconsequential to strategy – Concentrate on operational issues: outages, glitches, other vulnerabilities

8 Main Points of the Article Organizations should avoid IT overspending – Separate essential form discretionary and even counterproductive spending – Look for simpler and cheaper alternatives Open source – Consider outsourcing – Eliminate waste PC example Data storage example – Avoid vendor pressure – Adopt longer IT investment cycles IT management should become boring – Risk avoidance and management


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