The article written by Nicholas
G. Carr addresses the main difficulties relating to IT. Some of the issues that
he wanted to solve in his study were that lower spending on IT leads to a
competitive advantage and strategic advantage of It becomes the risk management.
The effects that technology has at the firm level are analyzed these include
strategic advantage and advantage over the competitors. A major misconception
was also analyzed that there will be indefinite opportunities for advantage.
Moreover, IT has been discussed in terms of its role as infrastructural
technology and transport mechanism. It has been said to be really easy to
replicate. Moreover, there has been a detailed discussion over whether the
competitive edge of IT is decreasing due to issues like its really affordable
now. Future recommendations have been made. Some of these recommendations are
that great attention should be paid on vulnerabilities and following Moore’s
law that states that it’s not always good to be the leader. In addition to this
it is also recommended that a firm should not overspend on IT since it’s proven
by studies that the ones who overspend are not necessary the best one.