Tag: IT Strategy

The question “Are CIOs becoming obsolete?” is not new. The Harvard Business Review first posed it back in 2000: Are CIOs obsolete? Today, the question resurfaces with greater urgency and a significantly more complex context. Three trends are currently impacting CIOs simultaneously.

On June 9, IT decision-makers from all over Germany will gather in Hamburg. At the IT Executive Forum hosted by the IT Executive Club, around 120 executives will gather at the Factory Hammerbrooklyn to discuss the issues currently at the forefront of the IT world: hybrid threats, digital sovereignty, artificial intelligence, and what the IT organization of the future will look like.

The insurance industry is in the midst of one of the most profound transformations in its history. While customers are developing higher digital expectations and new competitors are scoring points with their speed of innovation, regulatory requirements are also growing steadily – from DORA and NIS2 to stricter requirements for outsourcing and cybersecurity.

Welcome to the fourth and final part of our series ‘IT Strategy Meets Business Goals’. In four consecutive articles, we show how genuine collaboration...

Welcome to the second part of our series ‘IT Strategy Meets Business Goals’. The idea of business-IT co-creation is not a theory from innovation labs – it has long been put into practice. Organisations that set out early on to not only modernise their IT, but also to structurally merge it with their business, are now benefiting from faster innovation, greater customer focus and more resilient business models.

Welcome to the first part of our series ‘IT Strategy Meets Business Goals’. For decades, ‘business-IT alignment’ has been considered the ideal goal of modern IT strategies. The idea behind it is that IT should be closely aligned with business needs in order to contribute to the success of the company. However, what sounds sensible on paper often fails in practice due to structural divisions, cultural differences and strategic short-sightedness.

In the fifth CIO Debates podcast, Olaf Terhorst and Nils Gralfs from mgm consulting partners discuss the tension between adaptive IT processes and fixed process frameworks (such as ITIL, SIAM, etc.). The central question: Are flexible, situationally adapted processes an agility booster or do they increase the risk for governance and quality?

In times of geopolitical tension, digital sovereignty is no longer an abstract concept, but a strategic necessity – especially for public administrations. More and more authorities are recognising that smart use of cloud computing not only increases efficiency, but also control over data and digital processes. But what is the status quo? What cloud projects already exist – and what needs to happen for Germany to become more digitally sovereign? Our white paper provides the answers.

For the insurance industry, artificial intelligence (AI) offers enormous potential for differentiation in the customer approach and for increasing internal efficiency. However, many Chief Information Officers already have a full to-do list, as the top priority of "digitizing the business" is often still in its infancy. The task now is to bring AI into operational implementation as a second game changer. Can the two go together?

Undertaking an IT carve-out project is a complex endeavor that requires meticulous planning and execution. This article delves into the specific stages of an...