Summary and Conclusions

Today's competitive business landscape is bristling with innovation and change. Tomorrow will be different—it will be heightened and even more forceful. Therefore only the most durable and robust business models will survive. In this brutal environment, the IT strategy must be vigorous enough to stand out, yet flexible enough to evolve in an e-business on demand world. CIOs and IT management must be attuned to this shifting reality and aim to implement the technologies that directly address this actuality.

New technologies are rapidly emerging, and new versions of existing technologies will continue to be released. To keep pace, businesses need to quickly adapt their existing applications to new technologies and business ...

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