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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subject
- Knowledge Capital, Information Technology
- ISBN
- 9781932394139
- Subject Area
- Computers, Business & Economics
- Publication Name
- Technology Paradise Lost : Why Companies Must Spend Less to Get more from Information Technology
- Publisher
- Manning Publications Co. LLC
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 18.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 270 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Manning Publications Co. LLC
ISBN-10
1932394133
ISBN-13
9781932394139
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30207219
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
270 Pages
Publication Name
Technology Paradise Lost : Why Companies Must Spend Less to Get more from Information Technology
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Subject
Knowledge Capital, Information Technology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
18.9 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-001865
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
004/.068/1
Table Of Content
preface ixacknowledgments xiii1 Paradise lost? 1 2 IT spending: a brief history 13 3 Less bang for the IT buck 29 4 Show me the productivity 47 5 Too much of a good thing 68 6 Businessólean and simple 90 7 Offshoring: the new trend 116 8 Cutting the IT budget down to size 137 9 The four paths of IT spending 153 10 Reaching the Path of Profits 170 11 Itís not business as usual 186 epilogue Stepping back to get ahead 211notes 219 index 233
Synopsis
Debunking many of today's myths about the future prospects and growth of information technology, this book uses a variety of well-accepted economic, technological, and market data to come to the contrary conclusion that IT is poised to shrink and not grow. Discussed is how this conclusion does not imply that companies will slow their use of technology but rather all aspects will become much less expensive, thus halting traditional growth patterns. The argument is made that over the next three to five years, the same price performance gains that have been seen in the hardware area will be seen in software, external services, and labor spending. Outlined are the factors causing this change, which include open source software, Microsoft, offshore labor and services, new software tools to better manage IT assets, and the Internet. The book also argues that buyers of technology have become much savvier about its use and will be spending less overall to get more from their investments. With these changes in mind, survival strategies for buyers and sellers of technology to help them prepare for this long-term change in growth are prescribed., An engine of the world economy--the computer industry--is sputtering. What happened? Will it regain its power and again drive economic growth as in the past? No. That's the surprising conclusion reached by Erik Keller, a central player in the booming IT world of the 1990s. Driven by fear of being left behind, American corporations let IT grow ......, An engine of the world economy--the computer industry--is sputtering. What happened? Will it regain its power and again drive economic growth as in the past? No. That's the surprising conclusion reached by Erik Keller, a central player in the booming IT world of the 1990s. Driven by fear of being left behind, American corporations let IT grow until it reached one half of all corporate capital spending by the year 2000. Now, chastened by their spending failures, IT managers are converging on a new consensus: to exploit IT competitively they must use their smarts over big money. This shift in thinking comes just as free, open-source software, low-cost international programming labor, and new technologies combine to make the new approach possible. A former Research Fellow at Gartner, Keller had an insider's view of the irrational spending at many Fortune 500 companies, personally influencing billions of dollars of technology acquisitions. In Technology Paradise Lost Keller describes how the new thinking is working inside some of the country's most complex and successful organizations--including Merrill Lynch, JetBlue, Harrah's, and Motorola--which have cut IT spending to gain a competitive edge, and experienced marked gains to their bottom lines. As it advances, the new IT think will cause further massive disruptions in the computer business, with fundamental changes in the ways software is developed, sold, and used. Efficiency of IT investment will grow as excess fat is squeezed out of IT salaries, software system costs, and consultants' fees. In an unexpected twist, Keller argues that even as IT spending is reduced its importance for competitiveness will grow. Reduced spending does not mean IT has become a commodity. Counterintuitively, companies that spend less in order to get more from information technology will likely be the big winners.
LC Classification Number
HD30.2.K4553 2004
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