`I.T. does not matter` by Nicholas Carr

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Over the years the importance of IT has increased a lot . So much so that whole business processes revolve around the IT system . According to Nicholas Carr , the huge increases in investment in IT systems may be because of the assumption by companies that IT provides them

with a strategic advantage . However , this assumption is flawed . A technology doesn 't give strategic advantage because of its ubiquity but because of its scarcity . As IT becomes cheaper and available to everyone , its strategic advantage vanishes

Secondly , IT being an infrastructural technology , it 's meant to be shared as it provides more value when shared than in isolation . Mangers believe that the innovations brought by infrastructural technology will last forever . However , this isn 't the case . As huge amount of investment pours in , competition increases and the technology becomes cheaper and commoditized . The same thing has happened with IT (Carr , 2003

After establishing that IT isn 't that important , Nicholas then proposes some recommendation for today 's managers . Firstly , managers should start spending less on IT . They should rigorously analyze alternatives before investing in a particular IT system . Moreover , managers should look for open source or cheaper alternatives . Furthermore , managers should focus on reducing waste . More than thirty percent...