Technology Strategy

Getting the most from your technology strategy enables the achievement of organisational transformation and improvement.

A new era begins: Redesigning the IT organization for a period of exponential change

Information technology is increasingly viewed by CEOs as the “linchpin” connecting strategic intent with capabilities delivered. In light of its increased importance, companies are rethinking the fundamental design of the IT organization. A new IT model is emerging, centered on: reorganizing business and IT around “outcomes,” leveraging social communities, creating organizational transparency, rethinking job roles, as well as developing an emerging new leadership model for an increasingly connected world. Companies adopting these practices are seeing substantial benefits, ranging from more innovative and accelerated delivery, to dramatic reductions and shifts in IT spend.

A new era begins

Find out more about the CEO's take on IT as the linchpin for success. (651KB)

Latest Thought Leadership

Fast track to the future - The 2012 IBM Tech Trends Report

Mobile technology, business analytics, cloud computing and social business are rewriting strategic playbooks across industries. In these spaces, new business possibilities are emerging faster than many organizations can act on them, with significant IT skill shortages and security concerns threatening progress. Yet, some companies are equipped to innovate at the front edges of these fast-moving technology trends and drive strategic advantages for their organizations. What can business and IT decision makers learn from this elite group of pacesetters?

Find out how how to get your company inline with the latest tech trends (2MB)

The Power of Cloud: Driving Business Model Innovation

To take advantage of cloud’s potential to transform internal operations, customer relationships and industry value chains, organisations need to determine how best to employ cloud-enabled business models that promote sustainable competitive advantage.

Find out how to use the Power of Cloud to improve your business

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Increase operational effectiveness

Application Portfolio Assessment (515KB)

Access industry and business best practices, leading-edge technologies and expertise beyond what is available in-house. The assessment enables you to quickly identify areas for process improvement and to develop a roadmap that includes priorities and strategies to better align the overall enterprise portfolio with the requirements of the business processes and models.

Application Portfolio Assessment (515KB)

Enterprise Architecture Assessment (423KB)

Achieve stronger alignment between IT strategy and business goals. This service uses IBM's expertise with enterprise architecture best practices and analytical tools to speed analysis and provide comprehensive recommendations for your enterprise architecture strategy.

Oracle Application Healthcheck (421KB)

Improve the efficiency of your IT investments. This assessment helps ensure that you are maximising your opportunities for reducing operating costs, including purchasing, indirect labor costs, and system support costs.

Microsoft Dynamics ERP Assessment (611KB)

Develop an ERP strategy that integrates business, user and IT requirements. Gain recommendations for ERP improvement potential and an implementation roadmap aligned to Dynamics.

BAO Jumpstart for Information Management Foundation (486KB)

Address your biggest challenges and opportunities by integrating, aligning, and analysing information. The assessment provides a framework and roadmap for building a strategic foundation for analytics, so that you can turn information into actionable insight.

Solutions

IT Strategy and Value Optimisation

Return the maximum business value from the IT budget.

Build a strategic roadmap for your enterprise. After assessing the maturity of your IT organisation's value and costs, we will help you build your future IT strategy, operating model and sourcing approaches so that you align technology opportunities with your business strategy.

Assisted Delivery Transformation

Drive an efficient, predictable and high quality technology delivery

Transform your IT delivery and operational practices, processes and culture. After conducting a maturity assessment of your current IT delivery, we can assist you with improvements aimed at predictable delivery within budget, time and quality targets.

Enterprise Architecture Transformation

Support a "build it right" culture through sustainable architecture practices and processes.

Reduce complexity and become more agile through a sustainable Enterprise Architecture operating model.

Technology Innovation

Exploit technology to drive business value.

Define the business value of innovative technologies and establish the new architecture, delivery and operating principles you will need when deploying them.