ABSTRACT
Nicholas Carr’s book Does IT Matter? has become a instant classic in the professional world of IT. This is indeed a great book, quite thought-provoking and relevant to the everlasting debate about the value that is produced by IT, if any. It is based, as its premise, on the following economic analysis: IT has become a mature industry, technology has become commonplace and IT is today a commodity. What used to be a differentiation factor is now a common business practice for any decent modern company. Actually, many competing corporations use similar tools and software solutions to perform similar tasks. One of Carr’s most provoking ideas is that the biggest risk, from an IT perspective, is to overspend.
