Mr. Carr also believes that opportu

Mr. Carr also believes that opportunities to gain IT-based advantages are beginning to dwindle.
“Best practices are now quickly built into software or otherwise replicated. And as for IT-spurred industry transformations, most of the one that are going to happen have likely already happened or are in the process of happening.” This concept is based on several factors: IT’s power is ‘outstripping’ most of the business needs it fulfills, the price of essential functionality has dropped to the point where is almost affordable for all, the capacity of the Internet has caught up with demand, and IT vendors are beginning to position themselves as commodity suppliers “or even as utilities.”