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March 19, 2010
Faster, better, cheaper: businesses have never been under so much pressure. T-Systems’ five core beliefs illustrate how technology can help.
Ever faster product innovation life cycles and the ongoing economic crisis are defining the start of the new decade. Faster, better, cheaper – these are challenges for CIOs and other IT decision-makers in particular. Plus they have to juggle Web 2.0, rising costs and IT security. They need to stay on top of relevant technological developments and offer an attractive workplace for digital natives. At the same time, IT needs to become greener and workers more mobile. The crisis is compelling enterprises, managers, employees and customers alike to adopt new trends at an unprecedented speed.
Against this background, T-System has defined five core beliefs. These demonstrate the crucial role of information and communications technology in resolving the challenges faced by businesses, and show how T-Systems is enabling the connected future of business and society.
Scalable ICT resource delivery
Analysts estimate that the worldwide market for cloud computing will reach 42 billion dollars in 2010. Only organizations that can quickly scale their resources up and down in line with changing conditions can compete on global markets. They need flexible IT infrastructures, platforms und applications delivered via the web, and pay-per-use pricing. This enables them to convert fixed to variable costs, freeing up time and money for strategic tasks. T-Systems addresses this need with Net-Centric Sourcing.
Teamwork beyond company boundaries
Transparent global markets and ever faster innovation life cycles put pressure on IT departments to incorporate new products at high speed, and pose gigantic challenges in the area of Collaboration. Wikis, blogs, and social media platforms are increasingly important to the business world. The boundaries of traditional companies are blurring as interaction between customers, partners and suppliers reaches new levels. Ninety percent of all CIOs regard effective collaboration as a way to secure a competitive advantage.
Productivity regardless of time, place and device
More than a billion people will be working from home or on the road by 2011. Enterprises want to ensure the productivity of their mobile employees – regardless of time, place and device. The basis for a Mobile Enterprise is secure, role-based access to applications and data.
Secure and professional data management
Businesses regard the reliability and security of their data traffic and hardware as a key task. A state-of-the-art ICT architecture needs to store data in compliance with statutory requirements and internal policies and processes. As a result, the demands placed on Security & Governance in the connected future go beyond ensuring high availability and preventing unauthorized access.
Sustainability pays for itself
Customers and investors expect businesses to demonstrate a commitment to the environment and to society. In addition, the increasing influence of the state on the economy requires enterprises to act more sustainably and responsibly. In this context, Green IT has a key role to play. While it is still a consumer of energy, Green IT will cut greenhouse gas emissions by nearly six million metric tons by 2020. This means that Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility pays off twice over.
