What surprises me about Amazon is its strategy. It never competed, it conquered. Two best things about Amazon are its logistics and information management. No wonder, its founder Jeff Bezos is compared with Jack Welch and Amazon with GE.  

IT vendor consolidation is the new mantra in IT efficiency. All the Fortune 100 companies have either completed vendor consolidation or are in the process of completing it. Whenever you are considering vendor consolidation, think about the business benefits you will be achieving through this. At the end of the day, the parameter on the scale of success is: How well you are serving your customer. 

Today, e-commerce, social commerce, mobile payments, self checkout kiosks, and smart phone apps are changing the world at a fast pace. As businesses are realizing where their next big bucks are going to come from, IT is grabbing an important position in every stream of business.