IT Foresight

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Standardizing the Cloud: A Call to Action
by Rainer Bernnat, Wolfgang Zink, Nicolai Bieber, and Joachim Strach
Cloud computing has the potential to transform how companies large and small purchase and deliver their IT services. Yet a study conducted recently by Booz & Company makes clear that the effort to create the standards needed to guide its development and use has been highly fragmented. Successfully codifying standards for the cloud will require the combined efforts of both cloud service providers and business customers; only then will the full potential of cloud computing be realized. download (1.1mb, PDF) >

Recommended Reading

How Many Direct Reports?
by Gary Neilson and Julie Wulf
This article in Harvard Business Review helps CEOs and other senior executives answer a perennial question: How much should they take on? The authors analyze how the CEO’s span of control logically evolves and offer advice for managers as they progress through their careers. download (600kb, PDF) >

Click here for our span-of-control diagnostic tool, which allows you, in just three minutes, to get a sense of the ideal number of direct reports for your position.

Last Month's Issue

A Catalyst for IT Success: How Proficiency in Change Management Can Make IT Transformations Pay Off
by Nate Clark, Dan Holland, Danielle Phaneuf, and Neill Beurskens
Creating a strong change management proficiency can have a real impact in reducing the high failure rate of large IT transformation projects. If change management is to succeed, however, it must be more than an afterthought. Instead, it must be an integral part of the project planning process, and a key responsibility of all the project team members, including those from other parts of the business—all of whom must be thoroughly educated in the principles of the discipline.download (352kb, PDF) >

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