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As a growing number of employees bring and use their own devices to work, managing technology and security has become a nightmare for many businesses. Power is being dispersed among a growing digitally literate workforce, who increasingly demand consumer-grade technology. It’s disrupting IT departments that have historically been driven by a command-and-control structure with rigid processes and rules.

Employee demand for consumer technologies accelerated with the release of mass-market smartphones like the iPhone in 2007. Today, technology innovation in the consumer market far outpaces that of the enterprise world, and the result is major disruption in how companies view their IT departments.

It’s important for technology leaders to accept this paradigm shift and redefine their roles. Rather than putting up barriers to prevent employees from using these technologies, CIOs and CTOs should become chief innovation officers and chief teaching officers. Technology abstinence policies should be replaced with innovation, education and guidance on how to safely use emerging technologies within the workplace.

Technology propagation was quite different ten or fifteen years ago. Most innovations took hold in the enterprise and then migrated into the consumer space -- take, for instance, email or mobile phones. Today’s turbulence in the corporate IT world is the result of rapidly shifting the direction in which this technology innovation moves.

Today a significant share of these tools gain large market shares in the consumer world before being brought into the enterprise. What’s most troubling for CIOs and CTOs is that the devices are coming into the organization undetected, unmonitored and unmanaged.

Unbeknownst to many companies, a full shadow IT network is growing from all of these consumer devices, with a large part of daily operations or communications being handled by them. Line-of-business managers are now empowered to push their own technology initiatives, without requiring the support of centralized, bureaucratic IT departments. This is excellent for business teams, terrible for technology departments and potentially dangerous for companies.

Power is being stripped from IT departments and they’re losing control of their company technology empires. Technology is being democratized and decisions are being decentralized. Yet, as with any systemic transfer of power, your technology world can quickly descend into chaos if business and technology leadership don’t collaborate to focus on stabilizing the new world order with calculated strategic decisions.

A good CIO knows that technology’s singular purpose is to drive the operational efficiency of the company and enable the successful execution of business strategy. A good CEO sees technology as a strategic asset, where tactical decisions can have unintended and amplified long-term implications.



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Information technology (IT) has become a vital and integral part of every business plan. From multi-national corporations who maintain mainframe systems and databases to small businesses that own a single computer, IT plays a role. The reasons for the omnipresent use of computer technology in business can best be determined by looking at how it is being used across the business world.

CommunicationFor many companies, email is the principal means of communication between employees, suppliers and customers. Email was one of the early drivers of the Internet, providing a simple and inexpensive means to communicate. Over the years, a number of other communications tools have also evolved, allowing staff to communicate using live chat systems, online meeting tools and video-conferencing systems. Voice over internet protocol (VOIP) telephones and smart-phones offer even more high-tech ways for employees to communicate.


Inventory ManagementWhen it comes to managing inventory, organizations need to maintain enough stock to meet demand without investing in more than they require. Inventory management systems track the quantity of each item a company maintains, triggering an order of additional stock when the quantities fall below a pre-determined amount. These systems are best used when the inventory management system is connected to the point-of-sale (POS) system. The POS system ensures that each time an item is sold, one of that item is removed from the inventory count, creating a closed information loop between all departments.

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/information-technology-its-role-modern-organization-1800.html

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In the span of only a couple of years, tablet banking has gone from being a relatively untapped and ambiguously categorized digital channel to a solid component of any bank’s suite of digital offerings. Banks must make sure their strategic direction for digital channels is properly aligned to capture the behavioral evolution and client demand, says Celent in a new report.

“Consumers are growing more accustomed to interacting with their financial institution through devices other than PCs,” says Jacob Jegher, research director with Celent’s Banking Group and coauthor of the report. “Tablet banking represents a tremendous opportunity. However, banks aren’t exactly scrambling to release tablet-specific apps.”

“Tablets are unique devices with distinct capabilities and form factors,” adds Stephen Greer, analyst with Celent’s Banking Group and coauthor of the report. “Tablet touch screens are highly interactive, lending themselves well to rich user interfaces that feature customizable widgets, visual representations such as graphs and charts, and videos.”

This report is the first in a series on the state of tablet applications at the top financial institutions in the United States.

Tablet sales are growing at a tremendous rate, and financial institutions can no longer sit on the sidelines and watch as the landscape develops around them, Celent says. However, tablet banking is expected to be a relatively slow mover, especially as banks continue to grapple with the rapid adoption of smartphones.

Key findings of the report include:

• Digital channels are no longer alternative channels; they are fundamental, mainstream channels. These channels represent an opportunity and a burden for banks because they must evolve rapidly to meet client needs. Tablet growth and usage are a key part of this opportunity.

• Several features are under discussion but haven't been widely adopted. They include:

1) A comprehensive dashboard.

2) Social media.

3) Personal financial management tools.

4) Financial education and literacy tools.

5) Easy account balance.

6) Remote mobile bill pay.

7) Enhanced authentication and security (e.g., biometric authentication).

• Surveys conducted by Celent have consistently shown that large banks tend to out-adopt smaller institutions by a significant margin, and conversations with tier 2 and 3 financial institutions have confirmed the corollary: small banks watch large banks. With that said, there are plenty of software vendors that offer canned tablet applications to their smaller bank clients. The large banks however are going to be the ones to eventually dazzle the market with all-encompassing solutions and a slick user experience.

http://www.ababj.com/technology-channel/item/4017-why-you-need-a-strategic-plan-for-developing-tablet-use

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Most everyone can agree that business productivity can be traced to an organization's ability to successfully execute on overall strategy. What else ensures business success? Businesses need engaged and highly productive employees executing on goals that are aligned with the organization's strategic objectives.

And, if execution is the key to a successful business—what are the steps to increasing your business productivity for greater execution on your strategic goals? How do you know your business alignment and people performance are working at optimal levels to maximize business productivity resulting in the best possible results?

Greatest benefits of business productivity software:

Using technology to maximize your business productivity creates the platform to realize true business success. Business productivity software ensures organizations have the tools to overcome the challenges of executing on strategy every day and prospering in today's economic times. Increased business productivity can be traced to the automation of processes allowing for faster communication of strategy, increased time spent on strategic priorities and greater project completion rates.

The following are additional ways business productivity software drives business processes more efficiently to gain optimal results:

Create an open and communicative environment. By centrally locating the performance appraisal information within a formal online framework, managers can more easily communicate business strategy and create measurable goals for their employees that will support overall company objectives. It also allows for greater visibility, thereby allowing employees to see the whole picture and understand better how individual goals fit into the company's business objectives. This creates energized and engaged employees, thereby raising the business productivity of the company.

Connect teams virtually within the company. Create employee portals and team sites to help people work productively across the organization, no matter what location or team. You will eliminate "corporate silos" that effectively cut off communication because employees can utilize technology to reach out to others working on similar projects or find experts to answer their questions throughout the organization.

Motivate your employees using technology. Based upon the information gathered in an online performance evaluation, managers can compare current skills with those required for advancement or other recognition or reward opportunities that present themselves as the manager tracks progress on employee goals throughout the year. You may also find you need to redirect employees to different departments if you feel their business productivity could increase elsewhere. If there are impediments to better performance, the company should review why it is happening and try to eliminate these through better allocation of resources or additional training.

https://www.successfactors.com/en_us/lp/articles/using-technology-to-increase-your-business-productivity.html

The benefits of using technology to build a company are endless. Just to name a few: faster communication, building relationships, smaller data storage, reduced marketing costs, and automated labor skills.  These benefits could help increase productivity substantially.  You might not even have to hire an employee for certain tasks if a computer can do it for you.  

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