Three Pillars of IT Governance

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With increasing pressure from executive teams and boards of directors, IT organizations can't afford to rely on theories -- they need governance that works. The IT Governance Institute's emerging framework is a good start.

It’s one of those concepts that everyone is talking about. Indeed, many technology vendors and consultants have latched on to IT governance as the hot new sales category. Yet, based on the range of products and services being sold, a variety of IT governance definitions have emerged, creating confusion in the market.

So, where can business and IT leaders turn for a single, comprehensive definition of one of today’s key enterprise initiatives? Leading analysts are stressing the use of a new three-pillar IT governance framework, based on work by the IT Governance Institute (ITGI), emerging industry standards, customer best practices and thought leaders. This framework emphasizes the importance of ensuring that IT supports business goals, optimizes business investment in technology and appropriately manages IT-related risks and opportunities.

Among CIOs and IT leaders, the three pillar model and its corresponding IT governance maturity model is rapidly gaining momentum, as it finally offers a clear route out of the endless cycle of spending, stretching, patching and paying that their organizations have struggled with for far too long. With this …

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