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	<title>Comments on: Does IT Matter? Results are In</title>
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	<description>The Business Impact of IT</description>
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		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-19562</link>
		<dc:creator>louis vuitton handbag</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: protocoltestingtraining</title>
		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-19511</link>
		<dc:creator>protocoltestingtraining</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow&#8230;this was a really good article. interesting&#8230;., thanks for sharing the info, keep up the good work going&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: losangelstaxi</title>
		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-19497</link>
		<dc:creator>losangelstaxi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for the great web site &#8211; a true resource, and one many people clearly enjoy thanks for sharing the info, keep up the good work going&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: dontcry</title>
		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-19340</link>
		<dc:creator>dontcry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>t would be curious to see if there are firms that seem to be not turbulent (don&#039;t alter their position in share) despite the turbulence of the market. Is there a leader separating from the pack? If so, this may be evidence of a use of IT that is more enduring than short-term leap-frogging.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.club-penguin.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;club penguin cheats&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>t would be curious to see if there are firms that seem to be not turbulent (don&#39;t alter their position in share) despite the turbulence of the market. Is there a leader separating from the pack? If so, this may be evidence of a use of IT that is more enduring than short-term leap-frogging.<br /><a href="http://www.club-penguin.org/" rel="nofollow">club penguin cheats</a></p>
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		<title>By: diplomas</title>
		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-18635</link>
		<dc:creator>diplomas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for sharing your ideas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for sharing your ideas.</p>
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		<title>By: pixbook</title>
		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-18582</link>
		<dc:creator>pixbook</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great research. I align with the &quot;IT does matter&quot; side. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.101waystomakemoney.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ways to make money&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great research. I align with the &#8220;IT does matter&#8221; side. </p>
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		<title>By: High School</title>
		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-17807</link>
		<dc:creator>High School</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>if your industry is being transformed by IT, then it is important to invest in IT. How to invest?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Firstly, if there&#039;re commercial off-the-shelve (COTS) ERP, or hosted SaaS thats been designed for your business needs, then consider using it. This brings you to a basic competitive level. At this point, &quot;IT still doesn&#039;t matter&quot; since your competitors will likely be using similar COTS.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if your industry is being transformed by IT, then it is important to invest in IT. How to invest?</p>
<p>Firstly, if there&#39;re commercial off-the-shelve (COTS) ERP, or hosted SaaS thats been designed for your business needs, then consider using it. This brings you to a basic competitive level. At this point, &#8220;IT still doesn&#39;t matter&#8221; since your competitors will likely be using similar COTS.</p>
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		<title>By: Hosted_Web</title>
		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-14498</link>
		<dc:creator>Hosted_Web</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I also agree, I.T is the way forward, but its how you use it that ultimately creates success or failure. If implemented without proper research it can be a costly mistake that fails to benefit anyone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also agree, I.T is the way forward, but its how you use it that ultimately creates success or failure. If implemented without proper research it can be a costly mistake that fails to benefit anyone.</p>
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		<title>By: technical review</title>
		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-3164</link>
		<dc:creator>technical review</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is investment in IT a questionable thing? I really don&#039;t have anything on this but IT today can build of destroy a business. Information Technology with is something that can not be left out of the picture now.... especially as the web 2.0 has fully integrated itself with the internet. I wrote something regarding &lt;a href=&quot;http://s-tech-inc.blogspot.com/2008/10/online-marketing.html&quot;&gt;online marketing&lt;/a&gt; which would go out to suggest what length these people go to and what methods they adopt for marketing a products launch and what factors make campaigns successful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is investment in IT a questionable thing? I really don&#8217;t have anything on this but IT today can build of destroy a business. Information Technology with is something that can not be left out of the picture now&#8230;. especially as the web 2.0 has fully integrated itself with the internet. I wrote something regarding <a href="http://s-tech-inc.blogspot.com/2008/10/online-marketing.html">online marketing</a> which would go out to suggest what length these people go to and what methods they adopt for marketing a products launch and what factors make campaigns successful.</p>
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		<title>By: Singapore Property</title>
		<link>http://andrewmcafee.org/2007/04/does_it_matter_results_are_in/comment-page-1/#comment-3163</link>
		<dc:creator>Singapore Property</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In my opinion, if your industry is being transformed by IT, then it is important to invest in IT. How to invest? 

Firstly, if there&#039;re commercial off-the-shelve (COTS) ERP, or hosted SaaS thats been designed for your business needs, then consider using it. This brings you to a basic competitive level. At this point, &quot;IT still doesn&#039;t matter&quot; since your competitors will likely be using similar COTS.

Now, to use IT as a competitive edge, invest in smaller bespoke systems like plugins for the COTS product / SaaS you&#039;re using. Every company is different. Having some form of strategic customization will give your business the competitive edge. 

Then IT do matter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my opinion, if your industry is being transformed by IT, then it is important to invest in IT. How to invest? </p>
<p>Firstly, if there&#8217;re commercial off-the-shelve (COTS) ERP, or hosted SaaS thats been designed for your business needs, then consider using it. This brings you to a basic competitive level. At this point, &#8220;IT still doesn&#8217;t matter&#8221; since your competitors will likely be using similar COTS.</p>
<p>Now, to use IT as a competitive edge, invest in smaller bespoke systems like plugins for the COTS product / SaaS you&#8217;re using. Every company is different. Having some form of strategic customization will give your business the competitive edge. </p>
<p>Then IT do matter.</p>
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