The Drivers of Digital Transformation

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.

Author Biography

Dr.
Ferri Abolhassan is a member of the T-Systems Board of Management, responsible
for the IT Division and Telekom Security. From 1985 to 1988, Dr. Ferri
Abolhassan completed a bachelor’s degree in computer science at Saarland
University in Saarbrücken, Germany. After graduating, he worked at Siemens and
IBM prior to completing his doctorate in 1992. He held various senior positions
at SAP and IDS Scheer, before joining T-Systems in September 2008 as Head of
Systems Integration and a member of the Board of Management. In late 2010, Abolhassan
took on the role of Head of Production, before becoming Director of Delivery in
2013. In January 2015, Abolhassan was appointed Director of the T-Systems IT
Division, with responsibility for approximately 30,000 employees and some 6,000
customers. Moreover, to address new IT imperatives, Deutsche Telekom has
created an organizational unit for security solutions, to be headed up by
Abolhassan. The new business will combine all of Deutsche Telekom’s security
activities, and will market its cyber security offerings.