When you start reading the article, you get a better understanding about what the author wants to explain and why he brought up many examples regarding the infrastructural technology. Carr's main point of view is about the IT as a strategic resource. He doesn't state that IT really doesn't matter and unnecessary in today's business market or in the firms/organizations, but he clarifies that IT should not be treated as a strategic source.
Through his examples, Carr compares infrastructural technologies with electrical power back in the 1900s. And by this, he explains that IT provides a non competitive advantages because every firm/organization has IT or using IT.
Reading this article is not a time-waste. But I had hard time trying to adapt with the idea of IT should not be used as a strategy! Even though, I don't know much about IT (yet!) but I hear many times from people who work in business that they faced problems when they changed their company's software! In the other hand, many firms has stated that they spent on IT more than what they gain and here is the real aha moment...when you understand clearly what does strategy means then you can agree with Carr's point of view if IT matter or it doesn't matter.
IT is a tool just like marketing, operation... etc. But it's not a strategy itself because companies can not focus on IT to have a competitive advantage, in other words IT alone doesn't matter!
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