List Of Top 10 Business Magazines
2) Fast Company Magazine
3) Forbes Magazine
4) Fortune Magazine
5) Harvard Business Review Magazine
6) Inc. Magazine
7) Money Magazine
8) The Economist Magazine
9) Conde Nast Portfolio Magazine
10) Worth Magazine
Rabu, 12 Januari 2011
List Of Top 10 Business Magazines
2) Fast Company Magazine
3) Forbes Magazine
4) Fortune Magazine
5) Harvard Business Review Magazine
6) Inc. Magazine
7) Money Magazine
8) The Economist Magazine
9) Conde Nast Portfolio Magazine
10) Worth Magazine
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The New Year is upon us, which means most of us have completed our strategic planning for 2011 or are very close to doing so. One important element of strategic planning is to perform a SWOT analysis, where you determine your company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. You can use the result of your SWOT analysis can be used to rearrange (or reprioritize) your resources and strategic actions, thereby helping you build and maintain a strong competitive position.
To help with your SWOT analysis, we’ve compiled the Top 10 Business Computer and IT Trends for 2011 that you ought to account for in your strategic plan for 2011. Many of these computer and IT trends have been evolving for some time and are only now approaching the mainstream; some will go away before they reach critical mass, to be replaced by other concepts. Regardless, there’s no time like the present! Ignoring these — or any — trends could put your business in jeopardy. To stay competitive, you’ve got to stay current…if not ahead of the pack.
1. Cloud Computing
Companies are moving to new cloud and SaaS based software systems to take advantage of reduced operating costs and focus on their core business. IT departments are under pressure to improve productivity and deliver more value, fast. How many applications have you moved to the cloud? Expect to move more and more software applications into the cloud.
2. Rich Content
Companies are driving video into the mainstream with consumer electronics, the web, social networking, unified communications, Internet-based television and mobile computing. Company departments beyond marketing are examining how rich content can be used to improve the customer/supplier relationship. Have you introduced rich content and video into your website yet? Expect to develop video production capabilities.
3. Collaboration
Companies are increasing productivity through collaboration software that speeds communication and drives action. Wikis, blogs, forums, instant messaging, social networks, and/or collaborative office products collect important employee, supplier, or customer feedback online, which can be used to take immediate action. How much “voice of the customer” information are you collecting? Expect to use more collaboration tools as a customer, supplier, or employee.
4. Mobile Computing
Companies are increasing productivity through the use of PDAs, tablets, and other personal devices to collect or access data and important software applications on the go. This new-found freedom has pluses (see Collaboration, Cloud Computing) and minuses (see Data Security, below). How many mobile devices are you using? Expect to introduce more mobile computing devices to increase productivity and stay competitive.
5. Data Security
Company’s face increasing liability exposure from social networking websites and employees housing data in PDAs, laptops, or wireless networks. WikiLeaks may only be the beginning… Do your employees have access to sensitive information? Expect to introduce digital rights management, data loss prevention, data security and other IT internal controls.
6. Location-Based Services
Many service and delivery companies are already using this technology to provide better customer service by identifying which rep is closest to a given customer site. GPS data that produce personally identifiable employee information (mobile devices, RFID tags) will also cause companies to examine their privacy policies and internal controls. Do you know where your employees are? Expect to update your data collection policies.
7. Data Breach Notification
It’s simply good business practice (and it’s the law, in some cases) to notify your customers of any data breach to their systems. How prepared are you to handle data breaches? Expect to develop a data breach procedure.
8. Risk Reporting
Companies face increasing pressure to improve customer and supplier verification (to prevent money laundering, fraud, terrorist exposure, etc.). Do you have a customer/supplier evaluation process? How effective is it? Expect to introduce new policies and procedures for recognizing, reducing, and reporting risks.
9. Standards Convergence - Companies are operating more globally and complying with worldwide standards (e.g., IFRS, HACCP, certain ISO standards). To compete globally, companies need to comply with an increasing number of worldwide standards. Have you begun to prepare for worldwide standards which may impact your firm significantly? Expect to convert and adapt to even more worldwide standards in the near term.
10. Health Information Technology
Healthcare companies need to examine their IT systems, software, and practices (if they’re not already) to provide a secure environment for the storage and use of personal health information. Do you know how safe your personal health information is? Expect to introduce new security and access controls, and to possibly see more legislation in this regard.
Again, the “Top Ten Business Computer and IT Trends for 2011″ as we see them are:
To help with your SWOT analysis, we’ve compiled the Top 10 Business Computer and IT Trends for 2011 that you ought to account for in your strategic plan for 2011. Many of these computer and IT trends have been evolving for some time and are only now approaching the mainstream; some will go away before they reach critical mass, to be replaced by other concepts. Regardless, there’s no time like the present! Ignoring these — or any — trends could put your business in jeopardy. To stay competitive, you’ve got to stay current…if not ahead of the pack.
1. Cloud Computing
Companies are moving to new cloud and SaaS based software systems to take advantage of reduced operating costs and focus on their core business. IT departments are under pressure to improve productivity and deliver more value, fast. How many applications have you moved to the cloud? Expect to move more and more software applications into the cloud.
2. Rich Content
Companies are driving video into the mainstream with consumer electronics, the web, social networking, unified communications, Internet-based television and mobile computing. Company departments beyond marketing are examining how rich content can be used to improve the customer/supplier relationship. Have you introduced rich content and video into your website yet? Expect to develop video production capabilities.
3. Collaboration
Companies are increasing productivity through collaboration software that speeds communication and drives action. Wikis, blogs, forums, instant messaging, social networks, and/or collaborative office products collect important employee, supplier, or customer feedback online, which can be used to take immediate action. How much “voice of the customer” information are you collecting? Expect to use more collaboration tools as a customer, supplier, or employee.
4. Mobile Computing
Companies are increasing productivity through the use of PDAs, tablets, and other personal devices to collect or access data and important software applications on the go. This new-found freedom has pluses (see Collaboration, Cloud Computing) and minuses (see Data Security, below). How many mobile devices are you using? Expect to introduce more mobile computing devices to increase productivity and stay competitive.
5. Data Security
Company’s face increasing liability exposure from social networking websites and employees housing data in PDAs, laptops, or wireless networks. WikiLeaks may only be the beginning… Do your employees have access to sensitive information? Expect to introduce digital rights management, data loss prevention, data security and other IT internal controls.
6. Location-Based Services
Many service and delivery companies are already using this technology to provide better customer service by identifying which rep is closest to a given customer site. GPS data that produce personally identifiable employee information (mobile devices, RFID tags) will also cause companies to examine their privacy policies and internal controls. Do you know where your employees are? Expect to update your data collection policies.
7. Data Breach Notification
It’s simply good business practice (and it’s the law, in some cases) to notify your customers of any data breach to their systems. How prepared are you to handle data breaches? Expect to develop a data breach procedure.
8. Risk Reporting
Companies face increasing pressure to improve customer and supplier verification (to prevent money laundering, fraud, terrorist exposure, etc.). Do you have a customer/supplier evaluation process? How effective is it? Expect to introduce new policies and procedures for recognizing, reducing, and reporting risks.
9. Standards Convergence - Companies are operating more globally and complying with worldwide standards (e.g., IFRS, HACCP, certain ISO standards). To compete globally, companies need to comply with an increasing number of worldwide standards. Have you begun to prepare for worldwide standards which may impact your firm significantly? Expect to convert and adapt to even more worldwide standards in the near term.
10. Health Information Technology
Healthcare companies need to examine their IT systems, software, and practices (if they’re not already) to provide a secure environment for the storage and use of personal health information. Do you know how safe your personal health information is? Expect to introduce new security and access controls, and to possibly see more legislation in this regard.
Again, the “Top Ten Business Computer and IT Trends for 2011″ as we see them are:
- Cloud Computing
- Rich Content
- Collaboration
- Mobile Computing
- Data Security
- Location-Based Services
- Data Breach Notification
- Risk Reporting
- Standards Convergence
- Health Information Technology
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