IND Honored as One of New Jerseys Finest Companies"

IND's pioneer work in the area of e-business enablement may have contributed to the selection of the company as one of "New Jersey's Finest Companies" by njbiz magazines. With the increasing awareness that all companies will need to integrate information technology into their strategic plans if they are going to survive, IND's E-Business Enablement Methodologhy could not have been developed at a more critical time. It provides an easy way for CEOs to make the transformation of their business processes to IT without risk and high ROI potential.

Parsippany, NJ (PRWEB) August 27, 2003 -– Everyone recognizes the names IBM, GE, and AT&T, but who knows the name IND? If Doug Rahn, the President of this Parsippany based e-business enablement company has his way, IND will one day be similarly recognized.

The first step may have occurred recently when njbiz magazine recognized IND as one of New Jerseys Finest Companies" for 2003. What is it that causes a small growing company like IND to be selected for this honor? The true answer may only be known to the PricewaterhouseCoopers lead selection committee that reviewed those nominated and supervised the selection process. However INDs pioneering efforts in the area of e-business enablement, and the companys commitment to share that knowledge with New Jersey companies may have contributed to the selection of IND as One of New Jerseys Finest.

Why is INDs e-business enablement work so important to the New Jerseys business community? Such respected business analysts as The Gartner Group predict that the dominance of e-business is inevitable, and that those companies that do not take steps to integrate e-business into their strategic business plan will loose competitive advantage, and that many will fail. Survivability will become a serious challenge for those CEOs whose companies ignore the emergence of e-business" notes Dr. John T. Whiting, INDs past Director of E-Business Enablement Services and presently Managing Director of Vernon, NJ based E-BMC.

What is e-business" and why is e-business likely to have such an important impact on New Jersey CEOs and businesses? IND defines e-business as the fusion of technology into business" noting that the e-business transformation process has been evolving for over thirty years as new IT innovations lead to the discontinuance of their brick and mortar" predecessors based on being more powerful, cost effective and efficient in driving business processes. The Gartner Group has predicted that e-business will be the common operating platform for all business by 2005.

IND, founded by Rahn (and Partners, Eric Speidel and Robyn Glassman) in 1990, has been delivering high quality infrastructure, networking and systems integration services to corporate clients across all industries for 13 years. Early to recognize that e-business would inevitably be the backbone for all business, Rahn made a decision to refocus the resources of IND on e-business enablement to help NJs CEOs meet the challenge associated with the e-business revolution. This lead to the transformation of IND from an IT service provider offering technology to MIS buyers to a full e-business enablement company offering e-business enablement services to the CEOs of the companies in New Jersey who will have an inevitable need of these services.

IND has the service capabilities required to identify a client companys core business goals, and design and install a total enterprise e-business system to support the business goals based on risk management and ROI criteria. The key to this process is the IND E-Business Enablement Methodology which was developed by Dr. Whiting, based on established business principles, to help CEOs integrate IT into their strategic business plans and manage the e-business enablement process based on ROI priorities and budgeted resources.

This pioneering work by IND has bridged the information gap between the technology experts and business managers that had previously prevented many companies from getting full advantage from their IT resources and achieving a smooth transition into being fully e-business enabled.

Dr. Whiting notes The achievement of full e-business enablement must begin with specific policy changes regarding IT decision making and deployment within the company." He explains that The policy change must begin with the escalation of IT decision making from the tactical technical level in the company to the strategic business level." The second policy change according to Whiting must be the integration of all enterprise IT assets into the strategic business plan based on value added and ROI criteria." The third policy change must require that all IT be managed, as a part of an e-business strategy, by the CEO or a top business designee if the company is to achieve full value from IT."

Dr. Whiting notes that best practice and state-of-the-art technology alone will not lead to performance enhancements for the company." The adoption of e-business enablement policy is a critical and mandatory prerequisite to becoming e-business enabled." Technology that is not cost justified within the context of the strategic business plan is not likely to deliver the value that will come if integrated into the strategic business plan and managed by the CEO" notes Dr. Whiting.

It is this unique and valuable e-business enablement service offered to the CEOs of New Jersey companies that has caused IND to emerge as a distinctive company in the state. It may be that this distinction explains, in part, why IND was selected as one of New Jerseys Finest Companies by njbiz magazine.

To learn more about the E-BMC or its e-business enablement services visit the web site http://www.e-businessmanagement.com or contact Dr. Whiting at 973-764-0375
Contact: Dr. John T. Whiting, Managing Director/E-BMC
Contact Telephone: 973-764-0375
Contact E-Mail: john.whiting@e-businessmanagement.com