Abolhassan F. (Ed.) The Drivers of Digital Transformation: Why There's No Way Around the Cloud

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2017. — 129 p. — ISBN: 3319318233In 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 digitalation. In short, the book provides readers the first comprehensive, high-level assessment of cloud-based digital transformation in the era of Industry 4.0.Pursuing Digital Transformation Driven by the Cloud
The Role of IT as an Enabler of Digital Transformation
The Digital Transformation of Industry – The Benefit for Germany
Theses on Digitalization.
The Cloud in the Driver’s Seat
The Cloud in Practice
No Innovation Without Quality
The Counterculture of Silicon Valley
China as the Frontrunner in Digitalization
The Cloud Drives Harmonization and Standardization
100-Percent Security – A Desirable Goal?
Conclusion and Outlook