US blogger and writer Nicholas Carr (who recently published the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”) wrote the controversial book Does IT matter? in 2004. In the book, Carr questioned the value of corporate IT and instead proposed that IT services should be delivered like electricity — as a utility.
New Zealand companies lag behind the rest of the world when it comes to managing outsourcing of ICT, according to a global survey by business advisory company KPMG.
Lawyers are warning businesses to be wary of pushing software implementation timelines after the High Court knocked back a claim by Dunedin-based Atlas Specialty Metals against implementation partner KPMG.
Integrating internet systems appears to be a winner for KPMG Consulting: the firm claims its share of the business doubles every year.
"Any major enterprise system of this size is going to have problems"