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The Drivers of Digital Transformation

Why There's No Way Around the Cloud

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Ferri Abolhassan

    1. T-Systems International GmbH , Saarbrücken, Germany

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  • Provides a comprehensive
  • perspective on digital transformation, based on the market knowledge and
  • in-depth insights of respected industry experts
  • Addresses essential current pain points of CEOs and CIOs
  • Includes recent case studies on corporations currently facing transformation and digitalization challenges

Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Pursuing Digital Transformation Driven by the Cloud

    • Ferri Abolhassan
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Role of IT as an Enabler of Digital Transformation

    • Christophe Châlons, Nicole Dufft
    Pages 13-22

  4. The Digital Transformation of Industry – The Benefit for Germany

    • Dieter Schweer, Jan Christian Sahl
    Pages 23-31

  5. Theses on Digitalization

    • August-Wilhelm Scheer
    Pages 33-43

  6. The Cloud in the Driver’s Seat

    • Guido Reinking
    Pages 45-55

  7. The Cloud in Practice

    • Frank Strecker, Jörn Kellermann
    Pages 57-71

  8. No Innovation Without Quality

    • Anne Teague
    Pages 73-81

  9. The Counterculture of Silicon Valley

    • Steffan Heuer
    Pages 83-90

  10. China as the Frontrunner in Digitalization

    • Clas Neumann
    Pages 91-104

  11. The Cloud Drives Harmonization and Standardization

    • Klaus Hardy Mühleck
    Pages 105-113

  12. 100-Percent Security – A Desirable Goal?

    • Michael Weppler
    Pages 115-120

  13. Conclusion and Outlook

    • Ferri Abolhassan
    Pages 121-124
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • T-Systems International GmbH , Saarbrücken, Germany

    Ferri Abolhassan

About the editor

Dr. Ferri Abolhassan is a member of the T-Systems Board of Management, responsible for the IT Division and Telekom Security. From 1985 to 1988, Dr. Ferri Abolhassan completed a bachelor’s degree in computer science at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. After graduating, he worked at Siemens and IBM prior to completing his doctorate in 1992. He held various senior positions at SAP and IDS Scheer, before joining T-Systems in September 2008 as Head of Systems Integration and a member of the Board of Management. In late 2010, Abolhassan took on the role of Head of Production, before becoming Director of Delivery in 2013. In January 2015, Abolhassan was appointed Director of the T-Systems IT Division, with responsibility for approximately 30,000 employees and some 6,000 customers. Moreover, to address new IT imperatives, Deutsche Telekom has created an organizational unit for security solutions, to be headed up by Abolhassan. The new business will combine all of Deutsche Telekom’s security activities, and will market its cyber security offerings.

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