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ROBERT J. BENSON is a Fellow at Cutter Consortium's Business Technology Strategies practice and Principal with The Beta Group, a technology management consulting firm. He has consulted with firms and government in the United States, Mexico, and Europe, co-authored several books on IT value and management, and written more than 100 Cutter Consortium publications on business technology strategy and value, IT governance, and IT finance. He is Professor of Information Management at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.PIETER M. RIBBERS is Professor of Business Information Management at Tilburg University and TiasNimbas Business School (the Netherlands), where he is responsible for the development of executive education in Information Management. He has contributed to national and international journals with scientific and professional publications and co-authored several books. As a consultant he worked for global companies, especially in the field of strategic IT governance, scenario development, and information economics.RONALD B. BLITSTEIN is Director of Cutter's Business Technology Strategies practice. His 30-year career includes extensive international leadership experience driving all facets of information management organizations including infrastructure operations, systems development, organization transformation, and business innovation. He has worked internationally with governments, IGOs, and corporations throughout North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.