McKinsey on Business Technology

Data centers: How to cut carbon emissions and costs
The demand for data center capacity worldwide has led to a sharp rise in IT costs and a steady increase in carbon emissions. A new efficiency metric provides companies with a clear yardstick for measuring progress. Download

Building better links in high-tech supply chains
As high-tech supply chains increase in complexity, they become harder to manage. Collaboration between OEMs, suppliers, and retailers is the answer. Download

Boosting performance in public-sector IT
Few business challenges approach the scale of managing information at the Department of Defense (DoD) - an organization with gross annual costs of more than $660 billion, dwarfing the world’s largest public companies. As head of the DoD’s Business Transformation Agency (BTA), David Fisher uses his Silicon Valley experience to drive change in the department’s business processes and information systems. Interview

Time to rethink offshoring?
Changing economic conditions may have undermined some of the benefits of offshoring. For managers of global supply chains, this could be the time to reevaluate. Download