2013/4
Jubileum Special
From the Editor-in-chief
If I ask you to predict how the deployment of IT within your organization will develop, how far into the…
Forward Thinking
Anyone looking back at the past can see how radically the world has changed, and also how quickly these changes…
Management and Technology Trends for IT Executives
The significance of the impact of IT for organizations around the world, especially in light of a very slow recovery…
The Time of Creative Destruction
In social terms, we appear to be on the verge of a new era. Old truths are no longer valid…
The Future is Certain – IT Advisory and Audit Still Going Strong
Rob Fijneman joined KPMG in 1986 and performed many different client facing and management roles. He led KPMG’s IT advisory…
Sectoral Transformation in Health and Human Services
This article looks at the innovative use of sectoral reference architectures, interoperability standards, and transformation toolkits to reduce schedule, budget,…
Information Protection… Back to the Future
Tony Buffomante, Principal, KPMG in the US, joined KPMG in the US in 2004 after spending the previous 10 years…
Why CIO’s should make themselves obsolete
The role and position of the CIO have been under debate ever since IT arose. The importance of IT, (big)…
IT Value Management
IT departments and CIOs are under pressure. Besides the economic recession, internal forces (e.g., cost pressures, margin declines and outsourcing),…
20/20 Vision
Frank Rizzo joined KPMG in 1990 and performed many different client-focused and management roles. He led KPMG’s IT Advisory practice…
Game Maturity Model
1. Introduction In organizations all over the world we see the growing importance of technology, the changing ways people interact…
Mobility
Enterprise Mobility is not simply another trend for IT departments to support with a shrunken form factor or a new…
Creating Value in the Network Era – The main challenge is how to align business needs with IT
Davide Grassano joined KPMG Italy in 1978 and has encountered many different issues in the field of Information Technology in…
Finance with Friends
The combination of social media, the smartphone and the tablet has had a significant impact on society today. Millions of…