Twitter loses plot

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Twitter made an arbitrary technical change yesterday and at a stroke inadvertently broke their business value proposition.

I won’t bore you with the technical details but  the change destroyed the future of the phenomenal network effect that has propelled millions of people to join Twitter.

The absolutely fundamental nature of Twitter has been the [...]

Eleven keys for aligning IT with business strategy

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The first principle of aligning IT with the business, is a crystal clear understanding of the business itself
The most frequently overlooked aspect of IT strategy definition is the cultural analysis of the organisation.
Understanding our value chains is paramount because these represent the relationships and the touch-points between the business functions and [...]