New Features:

Chapter 1 is no longer an introduction to the book; instead it now sets the stage for the technology discussions throughout tuhe book. The chapter jumps right into the integration of business strategy and information technology by covering Porter's Five Forces Model, Porter's three generic strategies, top line versus bottom line, the run-grow-transform (RGT) framework, and value-chain analysis.

New content on component-based development (CBD), service-oriented architectures (SoA), and service level agreements (SLAs).

Retained Features:

Haag's style of writing and story telling.

MIS and Your Career, the prologue in the 1 st edition, now appears as an appendix.