"The Power of Now is about the future. It is a book that details an emerging trend that will affect all of us, in one way or another, as we progress through the 21st century. It is a book about business, about speed, about competition, about technology, and about success in an increasingly global networked society." -- Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems (from the Foreword)

"Any company whose value proposition relies upon the close collaboration of its business units and whose efficiency depends upon its ability to compress its supply chain needs more real time intelligence in its IT environment. The virtual integrated real time supply web advocated by Vivek Ranadivé in this fresh look at business in the information age is a breakthrough. Ranadivé outlines why and how we must reformulate our business and IT strategies to compete in our increasingly global and networked society." --Eric Benhamou, CEO, 3Com

"Vivek Ranadivé offers a fresh look at the hurdles businesses face in the new Internet Economy and why this will be a world where the fast beat the slow. Leading companies will use the power of the Internet to create and manage new world networks that will leave their competition far behind." --John Chambers, President and CEO,Cisco Systems

"Ranadivé offers a captivating tale of the migration of technology from behind the closed doors of the information intensive financial trading rooms of the mid-1980s to today's worlds of e-commerce, on-line brokerages, and multimedia communications. This book provides business leaders with important lessons on succeeding in today's information-rich environment." --Peter Job, Chief Executive, Reuters Group PLC

"The Internet is the single-most revolutionary thing to happen to business since the invention of the computer. It's brought us closer together, while expanding the range of information and services we can access on a global basis. Everything is now a click-of-the-mouse away. Ranadivé 's book provides an exciting look at how the Internet and information portals allow companies to profit from -- and consumers to benefit from -- the availability of real-time information and services." -- Tim Koogle, Chairman and CEO, Yahoo!

"Vivek Ranadivé's assertion that business must be strengthened with integrated, real-time, active information delivery systems to enable swift, creative responses across the enterprise is one that will likely become a key tenet of business strategy in the 21st century. This book will help you reshape your thinking about your company's IT strategy and how you think about business in general."--Bill Pade, McKinsey & Company

"A company that acquires, deploys and wisely exploits real-time, active information is what Vivek Ranadivé dubs an 'event-driven enterprise.' Such companies sense and respond to the events that drive their business and achieve competitive advantage by creating virtual, integrated, real-time supply webs. Ranadivé provides an insightful look at how to stay ahead of the competition by staying close to customers." --Dr. Eric Schmidt, CEO, Novell

"Ranadivé makes a strong case for the business imperative of becoming event-driven -- that is, for turning your enterprise into an integrated organism that shares critical business information in real-time on a global scale. Power of Now offers the critical "how-to" recipe for obtaining bottom-line results in the 21st century." --Larry Sonsini, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati