Inflection Point: How the Convergence of Cloud, Mobility, Apps, and Data Will Shape the Future of Business - Hardcover

Scott Stawski

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 013438704X ISBN 13: 9780134387048

Publisher: Ft Pr, 2015

Synopsis

Today, a hurricane is forming, and businesses are headed straight into it. This hurricane is arising from the convergence of several enormous trends in information technology, including cloud, mobility, Software as a Service, and Big Data. In Inflection Point, Scott Stawski shows how to harness these fierce winds of change, put them at your back, and sail towards greater competitiveness and customer value.

 

Stawski explains the strategic implications of today’s new technology paradigms, helping you reshape strategy to embrace and profit from them. You’ll discover how technology and other factors are driving a radical new round of disintermediation, reintermediation, and disruption–and what that means to you and your company.

 

Stawski shows how to go beyond inadequate incremental improvements, dramatically reducing IT spend and virtually eliminating IT capital expenditures. One meaningful step at a time, you’ll learn how to transform Operational IT into both a utility and a true business enabler, bringing new speed, flexibility, and focus to what really matters: your true core competencies.

• BUILD A CONTINUAL TRANSFORMATION ENVIRONMENT THAT’S READY FOR ANYTHING
  Focus on high-value core competencies, not fixed assets or unchanging processes
• CONSUME IT THE WAY YOU CONSUME ELECTRICITY
  Stop running data centers, buying software, and managing applications–forever!
• LEVERAGE THE CLOUD’S SIMPLICITY WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL OR SECURITY
  Use standards and governance to maximize cloud benefits with minimal risk
• HARNESS THE PRECIOUS ASSET YOU MUST ALWAYS KEEP CLOSE: DATA
  Build data-centric operations to deliver the right knowledge, right now, wherever it’s needed 

About this title

About the Author

Scott Stawski is Global Chief Revenue Officer for Applications, DXC Technology. DXC was formed through the merger of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services and Computer Sciences Corporation in April of 2017. With more than $25B in annual revenue, DXC is the world's leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, helping clients harness the power of innovation to deliver beneficial outcomes for their business. 

Scott brings a wealth of experience in business outcome-based technology service delivery. He has led numerous multimillion-dollar business intelligence and technology solutions and strategy engagements for Global 500 companies. A trusted advisor for CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs in the Americas, Scott is a recognized expert in analytics and data management, technology strategy, outsourcing, and next-generation application transformation to the cloud. 

He is the Author of The Power of Mandate: How Visionary Leaders Keep Their Organization Focused on What Matters Most to be published in early 2019 by McGraw Hill.  The book features practical learnings from Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Airbnb, Facebook, DXC Technology and Microsoft.  His first book, Inflection Point: How the Convergence of Cloud, Mobility, Apps, and Data Will Shape the Future of Business, was a best-selling book published by Pearson FT Press. A contributing writer for leading media outlets including TheStreet.com, Scott is a speaker and facilitator at many of the leading industry shows and conferences and is frequently interviewed and quoted by leading media outlets, including The Economist, The Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Editor & Publisher, Crain's Chicago Business, and National Public Radio.

Scott is also Secretary of the Board for the Celina Economic Development Council and active with ChildFund International and Shakespeare Dallas and has a Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies from Harvard University.

From the Back Cover

Drive competitive advantage by integrating the right strategy
with today's breakthrough technological enablers!

· Leverage the full transformative value of cloud, mobility, SaaS, and Big Data
· Gain unprecedented speed and flexibility while you slash IT expense
· Optimize outcomes by governing a fast-changing IT provider ecosystem in a Darwinian open market

These days, new market leaders emerge and long-time industry stalwarts fail practically overnight. To navigate this unforgiving landscape, companies must refocus on their core competencies, and implement a continual transformation environment that helps them react instantly to any market pressure. In Inflection Point, trusted executive advisor Scott Stawski shows how to achieve this, by integrating advanced corporate strategy with today's most powerful technology enablers.
Writing for business and technology leaders in all industries, Stawski shows how to make the most of cloud, mobility, and Software as a Service (SaaS), and how to optimize the value of your most critical asset: your data.
Stawski doesn't just identify the opportunities created by new technology paradigms: he shows how to leverage them to reinvent the way you work in both your lines of business and your IT organization.
Whether you're an executive, manager, or technology professional, if you want to get ahead of today's non-stop disruptions and reposition yourself for the future, this is your blueprint.

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From the Inside Flap

Today, a hurricane is taking shape, and businesses are headed straight into it. This hurricane is arising from the convergence of several enormous trends in information technology, including cloud, mobility, Software-as-a-Service, and Big Data. In Inflection Point, Scott Stawski shows how to harness these fierce winds of change, put them at your back, and sail towards greater competitiveness and customer value.

Stawski explains the strategic implications of today's new technology paradigms, helping you reshape strategy to embrace and profit from them. You'll discover how technology and other factors are driving a radical new round of disintermediation, reintermediation, and disruption--and what that means to you and your company.

Then, Stawski shows how to go beyond inadequate incremental improvements, dramatically reducing IT spend and virtually eliminating IT capital expenditures. One meaningful step at a time, you'll learn how to transform Operational IT into both a utility and a true business enabler, bringing new speed, flexibility, and focus to what really matters: your true core competencies.

• Build a Continual Transformation Environment that's ready for anything
• Focus on high-value core competencies, not fixed assets or unchanging processes
• Consume IT the way you consume electricity
• Stop running data centers, buying software, and managing applications--forever!
• Leverage the cloud's simplicity without losing control or security
• Use standards and governance to maximize cloud benefits with minimal risk
• Liberate users to access technology enablers anywhere from any device
• Move quickly and safely towards a Geographic and Device Independent Architecture
• Harness the precious asset you must always keep close: data
• Build data-centric operations to deliver the right knowledge, right now, wherever it's needed

"Inflection Point is an essential primer no matter what sort of business you are. Large incumbent? Quickly spot the weaknesses in your information infrastructure. Insurgent start-up? Map out where you can swiftly beat the established players. Three hours with this book will save you three years of pain." - John V Willshire, President, Smithery.co

Edition details

• Publisher: Ft Pr
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013438704X
• ISBN 13: 9780134387048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 210