I.T. Wars: Managing the Business-
Technology Weave in the New
Millennium by David Scott
Managing The Weave
I.T. Wars provides a clear path to proper alignment of technology and
business, in achieving best results and ongoing returns. The true challenge
is in bringing diverse groups of people together from the business and
technical realms, in defining needs and making true delivery of solutions.
The Business-Technology Weave is an approach that turns everyone and
everything into a responsible forward edge. It includes considerations of
people, knowledge, communication, corporate culture, attitudes,
relationships, content (information), infrastructure, applications, needs, and
expectations. It comprises missions with specific beliefs, values, and
standards in service to security and growth. The Weave clears political
impairments, helps to dismantle protectionism and jealousy, and breaks
down departmental “silos.” It opens the way to a future that you define – in
preventing the alternative: future’s imposition on you. What are the

liabilities in todays environment of e-mail, blogs, IMs, downloads, and
portable data? Consider: What is being done in the name of your domain?
How best to manage content, in avoiding a glut of information? How can
staff best utilize the power of the utilities that are delivered to their
desktops? What are the new scales of disaster planning, preparedness,
prevention, and recovery? What is your organization’s role in contributing
to the surrounding public safety – in securing your own? I.T. Wars begins
with a patient, comprehensive exposure of todays environment and
challenges, with equal attention to the Business and IT reader. Whether
your organization is public, private, government agency, or association you
share in the same concerns: You need a business-driven technology
strategy, as well as a business serving one. Now you can develop a vision
and pragmatism strong enough to qualify for discussion, planning, and
achievement of the best business-technology outcomes.
Personal Review: I.T. Wars: Managing the Business-
Technology Weave in the New Millennium by David Scott
Managing the "weave" between business and technology is no easy feat.
This book provides excellent application to everyday challenges IT
managers encounter while following a common sense approach. Just a
few of the concepts covered in this book include:
1. Teaching the significance of "selling" your ideas to those in charge to
jumpstart change
2. Stressing the importance of a proactive IT department
3. Dealing with criticism within the context of the IT setting
4. Recognizing that the threat of an electromagnetic pulse could stifle
the world as we know it
All of these topics and many more are presented in a logically progressing,
fundamental concept building order that is easily understandable and
applicable to both ends of the business and information technology
spectrum. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has business/I.T.
interactions on a regular basis.
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