{"id":438,"date":"2015-03-17T00:45:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T07:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/?p=438"},"modified":"2015-03-16T14:46:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T21:46:14","slug":"shape-or-be-shaped-by-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/zh\/shape-or-be-shaped-by-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shape, Or Be Shaped By, IT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"5i_package_scale_white\"<\/a>Call it a Tech-tonic Shift. Consumer devices are storming into organizations, causing great disruption and leaving entrepreneurs and corporate executives feeling less in control over what happens within the company’s walls.<\/p>\n

It’s a big challenge, but one that, if met successfully, will redefine how companies retain employees, engage consumers and make profits.<\/p>\n

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In a post at LinkedIn.com, “Use Technology to Shape Your Company\u2019s Future,” technology forecaster and innovation expert Daniel Burrus examines the issues facing business leaders coping with new technologies like app stores and cloud computing.<\/p>\n

Here below are some of the salient points of Burrus’ insightful LinkedIn article:<\/p>\n

– The technology employees use at home and increasingly at the office, including mobile apps and social media via smart phones and tablets, Software as a Service (SaaS), Anything as a Service (XaaS), and cloud computing, is here to stay. “In early 2010, there were 150,000 apps just in the Apple store,” Burrus writes. “Now, Apple has over 450,000 apps with billions of downloads and that does not count the hundreds of thousands of other apps you can download from companies like Google.”<\/p>\n

Burrus says, “Today\u2019s gigantic technological shift is already taking place, and the last people who should miss it are today\u2019s business leaders.” Companies need to use modern technology to “redefine who they are, what they offer and how they offer it,” he writes. “As a result, by using technology effectively, your company can create new products, new services, and entire new markets \u2014 something technology couldn\u2019t readily do in the past.”<\/p>\n

– First, Burrus says to look at your products, services and industry, and ask yourself these key questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. What is growing and what is shrinking?<\/li>\n
  2. Where is the direction of change based on the impact of new technology?<\/li>\n
  3. Based on where things are going, is there a way to use technology to create new opportunities?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    – “Next, look at how technology is affecting your customers in your industry right now,” Burrus writes. “Examine the overall customer experience as well as who is buying your offerings.” Ask yourself:<\/p>\n