Future Mode of Operations

The positioning of the IT organisation is crucial. Only by aligning IT with business objectives and granting it the necessary mandate can a long-term strategic orientation and development be ensured to support the business sustainably.

What if your software costs aren’t too high - they’re just unmanaged? Complexity creeps into IT environments unnoticed, through redundancies or superfluous modules. With Application Portfolio Management (APM), CIOs can reduce waste, gain control, and align IT with business.

Hard times for gold and platinum: IT service levels below bronze are becoming more popular. This move can save money, but more importantly it changes the customer relationship. What should IT managers be aware of?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

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%.