alfabet - IT Planning and Management

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    Business Capability Management

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    T-Systems, major telecommunications corporation

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Telecoms

Telecommunications

Enabling Transformation

The telecoms industry is in a continuous state of change. Not only technological advances such as voice over IP, broadband and 3G telephony are driving change, but also increased product bundling, creative price models and aggressive acquisition strategies mean that Telco-companies have to be extremely adaptable to survive – and this in a market that being affected by commoditization of pricing which produces extreme pressure to cut costs.

As a result IT is in the situation of having to keep up with rapid business transformation while in parallel looking for ways to reduce IT costs and complexity. Faced with this IT organizations need to understand how they currently support business capabilities so that they can discover opportunities to increase agility and cut costs. Continuous improvement in this environment requires process- and information driven management of the IT landscape.

alfabet Delivers Immediate and Lasting Results

Both the IT departments of operators and their service providers are having to respond quickly to business transformation, cost optimization initiatives and M&A integration. alfabet's planningIT supports them by providing the critical insight necessary for decision makers and it puts the focus on outcomes and sustainable processes, not technology and hardware. Select from links below to learn more about the transformation programs at some of our telecoms customers.

Industry Insights

Sample Project: European IT service provider, T-Systems, introduces business capability mapping to identify gaps and improve IT service offering.

Video: In this interivew T-Systems' Executive Vice President, Peter Weisbach, provides insights into how their business capability management approach with planningIT is an empowering tool for the CIO and imperative for business & IT alignment.

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