Engage - February 2007 Edition
Introduction
Welcome to the February 2007 edition of Engage
In this month’s issue we focus on two interesting reports that reflect
on the year that was and make some predictions for 2007.
We feature an interesting research report from Zapthink - The SOA Forecast for 2007, which includes a review of Zapthink’s 2006 predictions, and suggests that 2007 will be a particularly important year for Enterprise IT transformation in the U.S.
McKinsey’s January 2007 survey of CIO Agendas in 2007 offers some invaluable insights into CIO attitudes to key issues and explores their priorities for the year ahead.
The CIO Magazine article highlights a critical issue facing today’s Enterprise - when it comes to the management of programs driving business process improvement, should Business or IT take ownership?
We would be very interested to hear your thoughts on the conclusions of these reports and also about the pressing business or IT challenges that you or your organization face. Our ‘Ask the Expert’ panel will provide expert opinion and advice on your comments in future issues of Engage.
We hope you enjoy this edition of Engage – we look forward to hearing what you think about the content and of any topics you would like us to address in the future.
Best regards,
Loek van den Boog
CEO Cordys
The SOA forecast for 2007
ZapThink has seen SOA take off even more aggressively than we
anticipated at the beginning of 2006, and all indications show that SOA
strength will be further reinforced and expanded in 2007 to many corners of the
IT environment, throughout the world and in many different industries. And so,
during this season of sultry winter weather and competition, it is time to
evaluate our predictions from the previous year and forecast the architectural
and competitive climate for SOA in 2007.
What's on CIO agendas in 2007: A McKinsey Survey
McKinsey's October 2006 survey of
senior IT executives shows a growing interest in service-oriented architectures
and lean data center operations.
Service-oriented architectures, which improve communication and integration between IT systems regardless of their underlying technologies, are a response to the widespread adoption of global Web services standards.
IT departments usually try a technology internally for several years before implementing it in systems that communicate with other organizations. But nearly half of all survey respondents are eager to try service-oriented architectures in outward-facing systems.
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Business Process Improvement
Whose Business Is Process Improvement Anyway?
Business and IT are locked in a struggle over who
controls the management of business process improvements. CIOs
who seek to lead the charge have their work cut out for them.
Expert Panel
Through this regular newsletter feature - the Expert
Panel - we invite you to send us questions and comments about your business and
IT challenges and we will address them - anonymously - in a dedicated column in
upcoming issues.
Once you send in your submission, your name will also be entered into a drawing to receive a free copy of the book “Service Orient or Be Doomed! How Service Orientation Will Change Your Business,“ by ZapThink analysts Jason Bloomberg and Ronald Schmelzer.
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