He said the concern is that once virtualization is in place, you need to adopt management tools, and the value proposition shifts from flexibility and automation, a company like VMware might not be as successful as it has previously been.
The increase in business agility and responsiveness that cloud computing makes possible shifts the strategic value of the CIO from a technical role to a business role.
Below we look at potential upside and downside scenarios for The Hartford given shifts in two important components of its value: market share and operating margin.
The Internet shifts the bargaining power from sellers to consumers through comparison-shopping that lets consumers get better value per dollar spent Black Friday online transactions increased by 30 percent, while the average price per ticket was down 11 percent, according to Chasepaymentech.