Data rEvolution - Data has become a factor of production, and is driving a new data-centered economy

Read Doug Neal's guest slot in the Economist debate on whether or not we're in a 'post-PC world'.

Read/download our latest report on Preparing for a Post-PC World and embrace the new opportunities ahead

Complete Simon Wardley's short Enterprise IT vs Web 2.0 company survey

Watch Mike's latest video on Transparency and Strategic Leaking from the NYC Strata Summit, The Business of Data

Read David Moschella's latest post, What the Consumerization of IT means to your business, ten messages for CXOs

We may finally be seeing what IT becomes when it grows up. Read/download our latest report on the future mission of Enterprise IT

Read the Summary/Discussion Document and watch related videos that sort through the noise and propose that cloud computing is simply the anticipated evolution of specific IT activities from a product to a service world.

Willem Eelman, Global CIO for Unilever joins the LEF Advisory Board.  Willem joined Unilever in 1989 as a trainee.  After five years in his native Netherlands, having acquired an advanced degree as a Chartered Controller, he moved to Prague to help establish Unilever’s new business in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Use our Business/IT Relationship Management Playing cards to stimulate discussion on how IT is viewed and managed in your organization

Check out Simon Wardley's latest blog post. A business is a living thing, comprising a network of people, a mass of different activities, and reserves of capital including financial, physical, human and social.

Read our latest report to help make sense of the effects of consumer technology in the workplace.

Read the project scopes and get involved.....

We are delighted to welcome Dr Michael Nelson as an Associate member of our Research Team.

View presentations and watch videos from the recent Forum held in Falls Church, US on 1 December 2010

View/download slides from our recent event held in London on 18 November

This research project will consider how a Repositioned Enterprise IT Function should restructure, re-staff and re-equip itself to meet emerging business demands – not as an internal service provider of last resort, but as the organization’s primary technology and business change architect, coordinator and facilitator. If you would like to contribute your views, and gain a much better understanding of how to enhance and improve the positioning of the Enterprise IT function, please contact us.

These brief analyses discuss recent developments in the marketplace and our research, and are designed to convey our latest thinking and stimulate discussion across a broad range of business/IT issues.

There has perhaps never been a time when the seemingly contradictory demands of reducing costs and investing in innovation were stronger than they are today. This report helps CIOs effectively manage an SSO to reduce costs, while also supporting the innovation and value agendas of the firm.

This paper will sort through the noise and propose that cloud computing is simply the anticipated evolution of specific IT activities from a product to a service world. It will examine the benefits, risks, misconceptions and management challenges associated with this transition, along with the competitive marketplaces and customer strategies that are emerging.

Eric Masanet, Acting Deputy Leader of the International Energy Studies Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and David Moschella, Global Research Director, LEF, describe our current project on Advanced Environmental Applications of IT and present some of today's leading edge examples.

Companies are already gaining significant advantages by welcoming consumer technologies into the workplace, but the increasing use of new tools, such as smart phones, social media, and cloud computing, is raising many HR challenges in areas such as technology ownership, usage, policies, responsibilities, training and culture. This research will help business/IT management understand what leaders in a range of organizations are thinking and doing in these areas, so that companies can better develop strategies for making their workforces more productive and resourceful.

Alan Matcham speaks to SmartBlog on Workforce, August 2010

Simon Wardley speaks to IT Business Edge, July 2010

Simon Wardley presents at OSCON (O'Reilly's Open Source Convention), July 2010

As the LEF continues to expand, we welcome three new Research and Advisory Team members - Simon Wardley, Adrian Seccombe and David McKean - to help us deploy our research model and in turn increase our client interaction and delivery presence.

Organizations are challenged today to use IT not just to control costs and optimize processes, but to contribute positively to growth and market share. New forms of technology can enhance personal engagement leading to greater organizational performance. This paper explores the inherent links between social media technology, management practice and employee engagement and offers examples to help the CIO move forward.