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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

online idea markets), the center of expertise for innovation support, and analysis across the enterprise. Improving Operational Efficiency. A second new component of the IT function should be dedicated to this category of work: the Enterprise Integration Group (EIG). Ensuring Effective Corporate Governance and Controllership.

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IT Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Its Users

Harvard Business Review

During these decades, IT organizations retained nearly complete control of the technology architecture, and with little to challenge them. Bob in Finance simply didn’t bring his own mainframe to work. the complexity and cost of enterprise software ensured that the IT model remained enterprise-centric.

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3 Ways to Get More Value from Automation - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM PWC’s Strategy&

Harvard Business Review

Recently, a financial services organization found $5 million in opportunities to optimize its finance processes. Inside the digital factory , human operators must now take on high value-added supervision and control tasks, while the machines operate independently. For most companies, however, benefits at this scale are elusive.