Inflection Point · How the Convergence of Cloud, Mobility, Apps, and Data Will Shape the Future of Business by Stawski, Scott -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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About This eBook Title Page Copyright Page Praise for Inflection Point Dedication Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Introduction

Penguin Corporation Deals with IT

2. The Storm on the Horizon

What Is the Difference between Trend and Inflection Point? Disintermediation Will Continue and Accelerate

Tesla Shapeways Orbitz

How Will You Participate in the Internet of Everything?

The Internet of Health The Internet of Traffic The Internet of Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods The Internet of Assets The Internet of Design The Internet of Manufacturing and Logistics The Internet of Supply Chain

3. Intellectual “Ditch Bag”

Core Competency Competitive Advantage

Core Competency and Competitive Advantage Working Together

Continual Transformation Environment The Three Foundation Principles Working Together

4. Information Technology as a Utility

Newco Versus Oldco Return on Invested Capital

EBITDA makes companies with asset-heavy balance sheets appear to be healthier than they may actually be EBITDA indicates a company’s debt service ability—but only some types of debt EBITDA ignores working capital requirements EBITDA doesn’t adhere to GAAP EBITDA can present a laundry list of bad information

Presumption Must Be No Owned IT Assets Control and Fear

5. Cloud Computing

What Is Cloud Computing? Why the Cloud? Cloud Deployment Models

Procter & Gamble

Security and Continuity Standards Business Continuity

6. The Future Is Mobile

The Mobile Explosion Mobile Device Management Service-Oriented Architecture and the API Library Mobile Middleware Security

7. SaaS and the Enterprise App Store

Software as a Service (SaaS) The Enterprise App Store

How Employees Pay for Apps Outstanding App Stores

8. Big Data

Data: A Company’s Core Asset Big Data and the Internet of Everything Data Lakes Who Gets and Who Doesn’t Get Big Data

9. The IT Department of the Future

The Era of the IT Department as a Service Broker Has Arrived Governance IT as the Owner of Standards IT Services Will Continue to Transform into Business Process Services The IT Department of One Transforming Seadrill

Shift from CAPEX to OPEX High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Continuous Operation The Flexibility to Scale

10. Where Do We Go from Here?

Mandate from the Top Three Camps of CIOs Attitudes and Structures CIOs as Heroes

Bibliography

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10

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