Why Business/IT Fusion?

Role of IT and CIO is questioned

Life has never been more challenging in the world of IT, but at the same time the role of IT and the role of the CIO have never been more questioned. This dilemma is a fundamental indicator that we’re , a complete repositioning of IT and a need for a new breed of IT professionals to tackle these challenges.

The bad news is that the role of IT - and the role of the CIO in particular - has never been scrutinized more than today. In a lot of companies there is very little trust between business and IT and every single incident or issue is seen as an opportunity to highlight the incompetency of the technology department. This is no surprise as only 25% of IT projects are deemed successful and billions are spent on ill-conceived technology projects.

It’s time for IT 2.0

In the past 30 years, wonderful models have been developed on the relationship between business and IT. In spite of all these models there has been no major improvement on the trust between business and IT. On the contrary, the trust between business and IT in most companies has never been as bad as it is today.

In today’s economic climate, we have to find the possibilities to completely rethink IT, and transform IT into a strategic asset for our companies. But this won’t be an incremental change; this will be a fundamental paradigm shift. It’s time for IT 2.0, and this book can be your guidebook.