4/ Managing the change-over: Clearly the demands of transformation have to be balanced against the need to the ‘keep the lights on’ in ageing legacy systems. But you can’t continue to rely on slow and unwieldy capabilities when cheaper and more efficient alternatives are available. It’s therefore important to look for opportunities to simplify, selectively decommission and shift legacy systems over to the cloud/SaaS.
Urgency of change
Emerging technologies are already key competitive enablers and differentiators. Eventually, they could offer the only way to keep your business in the game as data proliferation overwhelms human comprehension and customer expectations become ever more exacting. Moving at the speed of change demands business buy-in and a culture that embraces innovation as much technology itself.
