IT Strategys

Editorial

September 29, 2025
Kip Fanta

IT Can’t Stay an Order Taker: Become a Strategic Partner

IT strategic partner is the role every modern technology team should aim for. Too often, IT is treated as an order taker—fulfilling requests without shaping outcomes. That approach limits influence, wastes resources, and erodes trust. By shifting from order taking to strategic partnering, IT leaders move beyond delivery to co-create business value. Using models like BRM’s Relationship Maturity Model, teams can assess their current role and intentionally build toward trusted advisor and strategic partner levels, where IT has a real seat at the table

Business IT Alignment, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor

Editorial

September 22, 2025
Kip Fanta

Stop Aligning, Start Converging: Why IT Business Convergence Matters

IT and business alignment isn’t enough. True progress comes from IT business convergence—shared ownership, shared results, and one strategy. Learn why convergence outperforms alignment and how it drives better collaboration, accountability, and organizational success.

Business IT Alignment, Convergence, IT Strategy

Editorial

September 2, 2025
Kip Fanta

From Fixing Problems to Shaping Strategy: The New Role of IT

IT strategy transformation is redefining the role of technology teams. As automation and AI handle routine tasks, IT professionals and MSPs must shift from fixing problems to driving business strategy, innovation, and growth.

Business IT Alignment, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor

Editorial

August 26, 2025
Kip Fanta

Application Rationalization: Not a Project, a Discipline

Application rationalization is more than a one-time cleanup project — it’s an ongoing discipline. As organizations grow, applications pile up, creating overlap, wasted costs, and security risks. By regularly reviewing, consolidating, and retiring tools, leaders can reduce complexity, lower expenses, and improve productivity. Supported by the right tools, application rationalization helps you keep control of your portfolio and align technology decisions with business strategy.

Application Portfolio Management, Application Rationalization, Business Growth, Business IT Alignment, IT Strategy

Editorial

August 18, 2025
Kip Fanta

From Intake to Impact: Fixing the Front End of Your Tech Portfolio

Most tech portfolios don’t fail because of bad execution. They fail because of a broken intake process. When ideas, requests, and proposals enter without structure or strategy, the result is wasted spend, overloaded teams, and lost business trust. Fixing your tech intake process—the front door to your IT ecosystem—creates smarter investments, faster decisions, and portfolios that actually deliver impact.

Business IT Alignment, Intake Process, IT Strategy, Tech Portfolio

Editorial

July 28, 2025
Kip Fanta

Why Every Tech Strategy Should Start with a Capability Conversation

Too many strategies start with tools instead of purpose. Capability-led planning shifts the conversation from what tech to buy to what the business actually needs to do. When you map outcomes to capabilities first, you reduce waste, align teams, and invest where it counts.

Business IT Alignment, Convergence, IT Management, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor, vCIO

Editorial

July 21, 2025
Kip Fanta

Building a Shared Roadmap without Endless Meetings

Endless meetings aren’t the solution to roadmap chaos. This post outlines how to build a shared roadmap that’s visible, adaptable, and co-owned—without relying on constant syncs, versioned decks, or siloed updates.

Business Growth, Business IT Alignment, Convergence, Decision-making, IT Strategy

Editorial

July 8, 2025
Kip Fanta

How Strategic Conversations Get Derailed (and How to Bring Them Back)

Strategic conversations often start strong but quickly drift into execution, status updates, or siloed debates. This post breaks down why strategic conversations get derailed—and offers practical ways to bring them back on track with clear framing, shared language, and cross-functional focus.

Business IT Alignment, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor, vCIO

Editorial

June 30, 2025
Kip Fanta

What High-Trust Tech Leadership Looks Like Today

In tech leadership today, trust matters more than tools. It’s what earns you influence when plans shift and priorities change. This post breaks down what high-trust leadership in IT looks like, how it’s built, and why it’s now the difference between being heard—or being bypassed.

Business IT Alignment, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor, vCIO

Editorial

June 17, 2025
Kip Fanta

What Fractional CIOs Need to Be Successful in 2025

To succeed in 2025, Fractional CIOs need more than experience. They need structure, tools, and a repeatable system to create visible impact fast. This post breaks down what top-performing fCIOs bring to the table and how they scale their influence without getting buried in the day-to-day.

CIO, Convergence, IT Strategy, Strategic Advisor, vCIO

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