A survey from research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. of Stamford, Conn., reveals that companies expect to halve process cycles over the next five years but IT managers are pessimistic about ability to move systems to real-time this decade.
Senior executives may have a need for speed when it comes to obtaining and analyzing critical financial and operational information. But CIOs who are being pushed by top brass to deliver near real-time data so companies can quickly react to changing business conditions will have to work closely with business unit leaders to drive heroic cultural and business process changes to make it all happen.
Senior executives may have a need for speed when it comes to obtaining and analyzing critical financial and operational information. But CIOs who are being pushed by top brass to deliver near real-time data so companies can quickly react to changing business conditions will have to work closely with business unit leaders to drive heroic cultural and business process changes to make it all happen.
At its Connect 2002 Americas user conference in New Orleans in August, PeopleSoft Inc. unleashed a flurry of announcements targeting security, corporate accountability and real-time automation.
The rhetoric around the "real-time enterprise" continues to rise, but perhaps for a very good reason. It's a golden opportunity for IT to once again show its true power. Is there a company anywhere that doesn't want an instant 360-degree view of its customers? Is there a business left standing that isn't leveraging IT right now to enhance the bottom line and whomp competitors?