Agility is a key capability of successful organizations. Agility is the ability to quickly adapt the organization and the business model to new customer demands, innovations, and a changing competitive landscape.
We live in a time where virtually all business relies on IT. Whether this is retail, finance, or life sciences – business requires IT. The consequence is, that IT has to support business agility. No IT agility = no business agility.
One of the biggest changes we are currently observing is the evolution from stand-alone to connected businesses. New collaborative business models, tighter and more flexible integration of customers and business partners, and the upcoming IoEE (Internet of Everything and Everyone) are driving the evolution of businesses.
Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, and Social Computing, the so-called “Computing Troika”, are already consequences of the business demand for agile and connected IT.
The challenge in this evolution is finding the balance between the business demand for agility and connectivity on the one hand and the IT and Information Security requirements on the other. Information Security can no longer think in terms of perimeters, devices, and system security. Martin Kuppinger will talk about business demands, opportunities and what to do in IT in general and Information Security in particular to support the business perfectly well.