Where Old Meets New

The longer the Internet is around, the more people agree that the perceived distinction between “old economy” and “new economy” is meaningless. In fact, what has been taking place is a melding of business processes and technologies to produce better goods and services. However, the challenge facing most organizations is that integration is rarely an easy thing—particularly when moving at Internet speed. Despite the best efforts of seasoned IT professionals, enterprises accelerating to Internet speed in the new digital economy will suffer IT mishaps due to the vicious cycle of increasing features, limited resources, and compromised quality objectives.