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Title	Is It Really Time To Ditch Your IT Department?
Type	Opinion
Source	ITworld.com 12/12/2005
Summary	Nicholas Carr, whose 2003 industry-rousing Harvard Business Review article exclaiming that IT doesn't matter as a major source of enterprise competitive differentiation is back - this time with a challenge for enterprise executives to reexamine the role of internal IT organizations - and possibly dump them. And, while I was appalled at his last major article (I believe that IT can be used as a major differentiator in global markets - a point of view I articulated at that time) - I found myself in lock-step agreement with Mr. Carr this time. Here's why. continue

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