In
this book, leading CEOs, CIOs and experts from international corporations
explore the role of digitalization and cloud-based processes as the main
business drivers of the 21st century. Focusing on how to get started with
digitalization and how to handle the technologies involved, they employ
analyses and practical case studies to demonstrate how to unleash the potential
offered by the cloud, and how to achieve the most critical success factors -
quality and security - through the right partnerships. Readers will discover
why the cloud will soon take over the driver's seat in cars, and why Heineken
CIO Anne Teague claims that innovation is impossible without high-quality IT.
The book reveals what IT managers can learn from Silicon Valley and China
today, and why Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hoettges believes Europe's future
depends on successful digitalization. In a closing strategic assessment, the
editor Ferri Abolhassan presents the cloud as the essential backbone of
digitalization. In short, the book provides readers the first comprehensive,
high-level assessment of cloud-based digital transformation in the era of
Industry 4.0.
Exciting articles, analyses and practical
examples describe how to get started with digitalization and handle the
technologies involved, the potential offered by the cloud, the importance of
the right partnerships and which factors are most critical to success,
particularly as regards quality and security. Why will the cloud soon take the
driver's seat in our cars, and why does Heineken's long-term CIO Anne Teague
say that innovation is impossible without high-quality IT? What can German IT
managers learn from Silicon Valley or China, how much does Telekom CEO Tim
Höttges think Europe is dependent on successful digitalization, and why does
T-Systems director Dr. Ferri Abolhassan view the cloud as the essential
backbone of digital transformation? This book is the first to bring together a
variety of perspectives and present a 360° view of digitalization. Renowned
authors illustrate how industry representatives view the digital transformation
of our economy. Its most important componentis the cloud! And digitalization and
cloud-based processes are the main business drivers of the 21st century.
Contents- How Germany and Europe can benefit from digitalization
- The cloud as the growth driver of digitalization
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Field reports from China and Silicon Valley
- Practical examples
The EditorDr. Ferri Abolhassan is
a member of the T-Systems Board of Management, responsible for the IT Division
and Telekom Security.
