Welcome to the sixth issue of the Technology Blue newsletter. In this issue we present our latest article, IT 2.0: If you stay ready, you won't have to get ready. This article discusses how companies are leveraging innovative approaches and technologies to stay ready for current and future challenges facing IT.

Our Q&A section responds to a question about preparing resources for a role in Decision Management. Be sure to read our take and learn about our approach for helping companies better prepare their resources for success.

Finally, CIO Corner presents our take on balancing shrinking budgets with economic upturn preparation. We discuss what IT executives can do now to avoid stagnating progress.

We invite you to learn more at technologyblue.com. Our Blue Notes section contains free document resources that provide valuable strategic and technological insight.

As usual we look forward to your comments and thoughts, and if you would like one of your questions answered in the Q&A section please submit it to questions@technologyblue.com.

Thoughtfully,

Claye Greene
Principal Consultant