The joint development of technology, work and labor in the last 30 years dramatically affected our concept of the organization and the industry in which they compete. It is not just a tool to support the "back office" of the deal, it has become a strategic part of most businesses, allowing redefinition of markets and industries, as well as strategies and projects firms competing within them. But to achieve these benefits of the information age, companies should take the age of information technology architecture. Organizations need to radically change the outdated IT architecture and IT organizations needed to support them. This technological change is every bit as complex as the organizational change. This article describes a general framework and concepts that managers can use to analyze your existing IT architecture and to define and manage IT architecture required to support the processing requirements of the organization Information Age. "Hide
by Lynda M. Applegate 23 pages. Publication Date: August 15, 1995. Prod. #: 196005-PDF-ENG
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