create+value

 For any organization seeking to achieve high performance, the role of information technology has never been more vital. The extraordinary abundance and easy accessibility of information mean that its very nature is changing. The tools and technologies used today to gather and share information are contributing to an ever-expanding list of new uses for information, in both business and government. Meanwhile, increasingly advanced, cheaper computing power and data storage have simplified the management of this avalanche of words, numbers and images.  These forces have combined to give companies an unprecedented opportunity to use IT to create business value, the ultimate standard for measuring high performance. For most companies, this will involve three steps: reassessing their information technology plan and approaches; investing carefully to support their IT plan; and mastering the capabilities needed to realize that plan.  A high-performance IT plan involves managing far more than traditional business data derived from enterprise resource systems. Today, corporations also have access to information from real-world observations, made possible by the growing prevalence of RFID tags, sensors, web cameras and GPS, as well as information from shared data banks and the Internet.    And, thanks to the advancement of wireless and mobile technologies that tap and share information, ubiquitous access is a near reality. This means information is coming from beyond the firewall, in quantities never before experienced.  Finally, an IT plan must accommodate the crucial need for speed. Business today operates at a frenetic pace, with transactions—and decisions—essentially being made in real time. The technology that makes information available to decision makers needs to be streamlined and flexible. This way, it can connect the many diverse participants in information sharing both inside and outside the organization, handle the demands of this new business environment, and be adaptable as conditions change and opportunities arise. 
 *  create value **