The Drivers of Digital Transformation
Why There's No Way Around the Cloud

Editors: Ferri Abolhassan



Provides a comprehensive perspective on digital transformation, based on the market knowledge and in-depth insights of respected industry experts

Addresses essential current pain points of CEOs and CIOs

Includes recent case studies on corporations currently facing transformation and digitalization challenges

In 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 digitalization. In short, the book provides readers the first comprehensive, high-level assessment of cloud-based digital transformation in the era of Industry 4.0.

Table of contents

Front Matter

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