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Remote application services as means for aligning business and IT
by Tsipi Heart, Nava Pliskin, Kathleen Foley Curley
International Journal of Electronic Business (IJEB), Vol. 5, No. 2, 2007
Abstract: Organisations are constantly aspiring to maximize IT value. Prior research has shown that alignment between business and IT strategies and structures is a prerequisite to capturing IT value, but no previous study has suggested remote hosting as an affordable means for achieving business and IT alignment. The paper demonstrates, via a case study, how such alignment has been achieved by means of remote application services. Two previously published models are used to analyse and discuss the alignment process. The case also presents a somewhat innovative hybrid ASP-outsourcing solution, used to mitigate risks.

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