Technology Strategies

Cooper Smith

226 pages, parution le 19/11/2001

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Résumé

Coping with technology: long-term perspectives and in-depth insights for every manager. Suddenly, the business of technology and the technology of business have become one and the same. To succeed, managers, IT administrators, developers, and users need unprecedented clarity about the role of information technology. They need the long-term perspective that can only come with an in-depth understanding of how we got here, and where we're headed. Technology Strategies provides all that, and more. Cooper Smith, former Director of Technology at Nickelodeon Digital Lab and Animation Studios, shares insights that can improve every technology decision you make, professional and personal.

The roles—and meaning—of today's information technologies
How to define IT strategies and methodologies that work—one step at a time
Practical solutions for today's most widespread technology-related challenges and obstacles
The future of technology: what's coming, how to prepare, and how to exploit tomorrow's best opportunities
The inherent limits of information technology—and how common sense and smarter processes can help overcome them

In Technology Strategies, you'll follow the arc of technological change, which has transformed computers from trivial add-ons to core elements of every business process, and will lead to even more profound transformations in the cming years. You'll then leverage your knowledge to make the most of technology—today and tomorrow, in your business, in your career, and in your life.

Contents

Preface

The History of Technology
The Business of Technology
Managing Technological Change
The Limits of Technology
The Future of Technologie
The Internet
Developing Technological Strategies
Developing Business Strategies
The Integration of Technology in Our Business an dPersonal Lives

Appendix A: Lotus Notes, the Emerging Technology that Styed that Way
Appendix B: CIGNA Corporation: Laying New Organizational Roots with Reengineering
Appendix C: Competition: Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk
Appendix D: Couch Potatoes, Remain Seated
Appendix E: Technologu Paradox
Bibliography
Index

L'auteur - Cooper Smith

COOPER SMITH, former director of technology at Nickelodeon Digital Lab and Animation Studios, recently became the CTO at Education World, a Web site geared toward teachers and students. He holds an engineering degree from Harvard.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	Cooper Smith
Parution	19/11/2001
Nb. de pages	226
Format	18,5 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	703g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780130279576