Excellence & Organization

Future Mode of Operations

Standing still is not an option: IT organisations must systematically improve - from planning to procurement and operations to structures. This includes operational excellence, IT operating models, application TCO, IT control and cost optimisation.

Excellence & Organization

IT budgets 2024: modest growth expected

IT budgets in 2024 continue to be characterised by economic uncertainty. Their predicted growth rate is lower than the expected cost increases for IT services. IT security budgets continue to grow at double-digit rates.

Excellence & Organization

Orchestrate IT Service Providers with SIAM

SIAM is a method for efficiently managing, integrating and coordinating multiple IT service providers within an organisation. Why is SIAM useful in multi-sourcing environments and what are the specific benefits of implementing it?

Excellence & Organization

Effectiveness, Agility and Efficiency

The animal world offers fascinating examples of how animals use their environment efficiently, effectively and agilely to ensure their survival and continued existence. IT benchmarks analyse precisely these characteristics and compare them with the best.

Excellence & Organization

Dark Data is sustainably harmful

Dark data refers to unused data in the company that eats up money and energy. How can IT organisations and business units mitigate the problem?

Excellence & Organization

Agility - Sham or Substance?

More than 20 years after the Agile Manifesto, it is hard to imagine business without agility. Or is it just hype without substance? We took a look behind the scenes with a short survey.

Excellence & Organization

Making noise is part of the trade

IT is the most important discipline for making an organisation ready for the future. What is rarely future-proof, however, is IT's self-promotion skills, so what needs to be done?

Excellence & Organization

Open Office Spaces reduce inter­action

Two empirical field studies by authors Ethan S. Bernstein and Stephen Turban published by the Royal Society show: open, unlimited offices reduce face-to-face interaction by about 70%.