The article \"IT Doesn\'t Matter\" by Nicholas G. Carr from the May, 2003 Harvar

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The article "IT Doesn't Matter" by Nicholas G. Carr from the May, 2003 Harvard Business Review is available here: http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/01/it_doesnt_matte.php Read all parts of the article carefully. After you understand Carr's arguments, find at least one article that presents an opposite view. You may use Internet searches to do this, but find an article from a high quality source. One source of high-quality articles is the ACM Digital Library (you are not expected to use material that requires payment of a fee for this or any other assignment in this course). You may also use any other source, including books and periodicals in the university library near you. In no more than two or three paragraphs, take the position of the "prosecuting attorney," i.e. of Mr. Carr. Summarize and defend Carr's arguments using material from the essay and also material from your outside reading. Then, in another two or three paragraphs, present the opinion of the "defense attorney," using material from one or more articles that present the opposing view. Finally, play the role of the judge and, in two or three more paragraphs, render a decision. Tell which point of view is the correct one and why. You may quote from your articles. Be sure to cite your sources when you do that. Use APA style in your answers. Please note - a "good" essay will clearly present two distinct sides of the argument and a ruling. Regardless of which side you favor, you must clearly and succinctly present an opposing side.

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A set of related arguments that Carr makes is that scarceness, uniqueness, and proprietary technologies fetch about tactical advantage and lock-in the vendor(Carr, 2003, pp.6-9). He as well state that as power and ubiquity of information technology has grown, its strategic importance has diminished (Carr, 2003, pp.5-6). Lastly, he argues that information technology may no longer be ulilized to gain a strategic competitive advantage (Carr, 2003, pp.6). The next set of arguments that Carr makes is that information technology has turn out to be a non-proprietary product, invisible, and has so become an infrastructure technology. This does not mean that IT doesn’t matter, it does, but for the greater part just in the same way that electricity does. When it is not obtainable you feel the most of its significance in your life and think about utilize it in most meaningful manners. He is right at some point when we observe IT is being utilized like as it is not being appreciated at a level where it should be. Because of this it is losing its significance on ground while being there all the time IT in its sub divisional sections so gets ignored some time, on scale when it could have play a key role in growth of corporation’s advance operations.

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