Strategic IT managers tend to keep the entire business strategy in mind, rather than just the supporting strategy. IT managers who only keep the supporting infrastructure in mind may not always know what the rest of the company is doing. If they only care about supporting customers, they may miss out on important strategic initiatives that the company is trying to bring to those customers. Linking technology strategy directly to business strategy is a key component of IT architecture (Huhta, 2011). There are three main tasks that need to happen for this link to happen. First, top-level business managers must decide the role that technology will play in advancing their competitive advantages (Hax & No, 1992). They must also determine the resources they will allocate to the technology and the assertiveness used in innovative development and incorporation of the technology into their products and processes (Hax & No, 1992). It is important that the company is involved in this process because technology is embedded and shared in every function of a company. Business strategy that communicates its mission through technological requirements will lead to a powerful and vital position (Hax & No, 1992). Subsequent technological strategies are formed at the firm level (Hax & No, 1992). A company's technology strategy must be defined during corporate strategy formation (Hax & No, 1992). This will define the competitive advantage of each department (Hax & No, 1992). Finally, IT managers must interpret all the requirements put forward by company management that will outline the company's technological strategy (Hax & No, 1992). At this point, the creation... at the center of the article ......ler, L., & Musthaler, B. (2008, March 26). IT governance best practices are critical to business success. NetworkWorld. Retrieved from http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/2008/052608techexec1.html?page=1Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. (2012, March 14). In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 2:56 PM, March 24, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard&oldid=481881611Schwartz, K. D. (2007, May 22). IT governance definitions and solutions. THAT IS. Retrieved February 15, 2011, from http://www.cio.com/article/111700/IT_Governance_Definition_and_SolutionsSpalding, George, and Case, Gary (2007). Continuous improvement of the ITIL service. The chancellery office. ISBN 9780113310494. Van Grembergen, W. and S. De Haes, Corporate Governance of IT: Achieving Strategic Alignment and Value, Springer, 2009