{"id":251,"date":"2014-07-21T08:27:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T08:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/felhoszolgaltatas-blog.hu\/en\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2016-05-04T11:35:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:35:59","slug":"the-importance-of-information-technology-for-business-success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/felhoszolgaltatas-blog.hu\/en\/ez-egy-minta-oldal\/the-importance-of-information-technology-for-business-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of information technology for business success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Computers and information systems are essential parts of every business today. Every business needs to invest in technology to compete. Technology is both a cost of doing business, and an opportunity to do more business. Information technology is important to the business sector as a management tool to optimize the processing of information to produce goods and services for profit.<br \/>\nThere are many benefits of technology for a business, but most fall under a few categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reach more potential customers, develop a business relationship with potential customers<\/li>\n<li>Streamline operations, reduce costs, improve efficiency, maximize profit, minimize waste, devote talent to core business instead of overhead<\/li>\n<li>Provide better service to customers<\/li>\n<li>Support better relationships with key partners<\/li>\n<li>Allow customers to better guide the business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many businesses are stuck at a tactical level, and don&#8217;t have time to think about technology in a strategic way. But a strong plan for technology should be a part of every business plan, and re-evaluated whenever taking a strategic look at a business.<\/p>\n<p>A survey made by <a href=\"http:\/\/web.isolutions.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">iSolutions<\/span><\/a> reveals that a very small portion of companies have considered and implemented using technology to distinguish themselves and their services or products on the market, and to acquire further customers and retaining them for a long time. But if we think about it more, the IT, technology is able to help companies to offer better services and manufacturing better products, and being ahead of competitors on a continuous basis.<\/p>\n<p>IT can materially contribute to significantly more efficient achievement of goals in your field of\u00a0 activity. This leaves more money in the pocket of your enterprise, results in better staff achievements and fewer problems. As shown by their survey, this area has huge reserves in case of companies running 20 to 120 computers.<\/p>\n<p>As we stressed the importance of IT in today\u2019s worldat the beginningof this article, particularly in business world, precisely for this reason the large majority of medium-sized companies spend 90 percent of their IT costs on this field, and are still not satisfied with the result, according to the survey. However, based on the solution of <a href=\"http:\/\/web.isolutions.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">iSolutions<\/span><\/a>, the costs can be forced down in this area, transferred to the other two, more important areas, and be used in the budget assigned to improving the capability of generating income and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>All of the above mentioned facts the<a href=\"http:\/\/web.isolutions.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> iSolutions<\/span><\/a> in the so-called <strong>7C methodology<\/strong> sees the solution. They believe that IT and technology are able to facilitate progress for enterprises, to increase their market advantage, to add to their efficiency and to ensure their uninterrupted and safe operation.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the 7C framework is to improve seven areas that result in effective corporate IT, which adds to the competitiveness of the enterprise in 3 areas:<\/p>\n<p>1. Increasing the ability to generate revenues<\/p>\n<p>2. Developing the efficiency of operations<\/p>\n<p>3. Ensuring business continuity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The seven areas of excellent IT operation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_252\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-252 \" src=\"http:\/\/felhoszolgaltatas-blog.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/7c-methodology.png\" alt=\"7c methodology\" width=\"462\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/felhoszolgaltatas-blog.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/7c-methodology.png 629w, https:\/\/felhoszolgaltatas-blog.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/7c-methodology-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/felhoszolgaltatas-blog.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/7c-methodology-389x300.png 389w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: iSolutions<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Taking responsibility<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In case of problems, everyone frequently blames others in the field of IT. The framework system eliminates these problems by facilitating each area to take responsibility.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Regulated operation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although practice reflects that the IT staff are not the bunch that follow pre-defined rules in work, it is still achievable through IT management tools.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Safe operation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Protected corporate IT system secure against external and internal attacks. Data security and recovery, disaster management also for a worst-case scenario.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Expert technical background<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Due to the complexity of IT, even an average IT system serving 20 to 200 persons requires coordinated activity of 10 to 12 specialised co-workers with completely different job descriptions and levels of knowledge. Times when a single system administrator was able to take care of all the necessary tasks have passed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Goal-orientation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The operating framework system and the IT management create a possibility for IT to function as an actual capital good, and not to be considered as an expense only.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cost-effectiveness<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Practice shows that 7C framework system ensures the results at or below the previous price of access.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ensuring transparency<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Considering that the majority of managers are not qualified IT experts, they are unable to see adequately what the IT staff do and how they do it. This is why they continuously feel exposed. The IT management provides full transparency for decision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The components of 7C methodology:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>ontinuous: What is the level of the IT security?<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>onscious: How business focused is the IT?<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>ompetent: How professional is the IT?<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>ontrolled: How governable is the IT?<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>harge: How proactive and responible is the IT?<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>lear: How transparent is the IT?<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong>ost effective: How cost effective is the IT?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So the purpose of the 7C IT framework system is to make corporate IT generate funds and be controlled by the manager in all cases. We must not forget however that each enterprise is different, which is why it is indispensable to explore their goals, problems and challenges. At that point, the outlines of the potentials and the values become visible, and an effort can be made to exploit them.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/web.isolutions.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">http:\/\/web.isolutions.hu\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computers and information systems are essential parts of every business today. Every business needs to invest in technology to compete. Technology is both a cost of doing business, and an opportunity to do more business. 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