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Intro to the Business Technology Roundtable

Today, the application of technology is an integral part of most businesses, in some shape or form. However, while many decision makers are now primarily concerned with using technology to pursue new business opportunities, and gaining business-related capabilities is their main objective, the vendors and suppliers that they encounter sometimes don't speak the same language.

Matching a buyer's business needs with a technology vendor's offerings is sometimes called the business/technology alignment chasm. Filling that void with substantive information, meaningful guidance, and compelling "how-to" storylines is the charter of the Business Technology Roundtable (BTR).

We seek to shed light where there has been an apparent absence of editorial illumination.

Rise of The Business Technologist

A business technologist—perhaps a new term to some—should be focused on driving business technology adoption rather than purely acquiring new systems.

They should also value delivering business results promptly, instead of merely applying inventive product features and functions. Once informed, they'll likely crave low-cost integration into existing business processes, pay-as-you-go pricing, and efficient knowledge transfer.

Given this backdrop, new business technology adoption is often more dependent upon changing behavior than the common prior scenario -- changing underlying technology.

Within this new scenario, the insights and recommendations of trusted peers and independent subject-matter experts supersede all others in the process of choosing a justifiable approach and supporting key business decisions.

As the co-authors of BTR, we will be on the lookout for resources -- plus proven and repeatable processes -- to speed up the shift to subscription-based business technology offerings. We'll also highlight the competencies required to enable the facilitation of adoption education and acceleration.

A Call to Action

We invite you to join us in an exploratory dialogue about managed Business Technology products or services, and welcome contributions of your ideas and associated expertise, as we embark upon this journey together.

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