| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-305) and index. |
| Contents |
The paradox of the IT industry -- Aspects of today's IT industry -- What IT service companies do -- Realities and perceptions -- Prehistory -- Early business computing -- A potted history of IT services -- Succeeding today -- Leaders -- New influences and challengers -- How to predict the future -- Four "see-able" futures -- Speculation. |
| Summary |
In just a few decades since its birth, the global IT industry has grown to a trillion. dollars. It continues to transform society and business, as perhaps no other industry, . yet remains one of the least understood industries in the world. Behind the facade. of geekiness and technophobia lies a set of organisations routinely given the. power to fundamentally reshape many facets of our lives, and in the process create. lucrative sources of financial rewards for those investing in it. This book explains what consultants and IT Services firms do. It examines the. industry?s surprisingly captivati. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Information services industry.
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Information services industry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kurien, Priya, 1972-
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| Cover Title |
Blind men & the elephant |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Rahman, Was, 1965- Blind men and the elephant. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2007 9780761936206 0761936203 (DLC) 2007024901 (OCoLC)147979273 |
| ISBN |
9788178299952 (electronic book) |
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817829995X (electronic book) |
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9780761936206 (paper back) |
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0761936203 (paper back) |
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