The enterprise is a complex mix of people, systems, processes and objectives. The point is to get it all working together. Much of this edition of Transforming Your Enterprise is devoted to different ways of understanding and managing large systems and initiatives so they add value and create strategic advantage for the business.
Sometimes the solution lies outside, as when Continental Airlines chose HP to run its global technology refresh. Maybe it’s closer to home, using formal collaboration tools to ensure that people engaged in a large enterprise program collaborate productively. Or the synergy can be a combination of internal and external: read about how three technology heavy hitters have pooled their resources to offer a better way to update application infrastructure.
There’s more, of course. Want to know how to turn insight into action or ease storage management by virtualizing? Do you need a cost effective way to store and protect tier two and three data? The tips and tactics are all here, brought to you by industry insiders.
The right people, the most logical processes and the best systems are essential to keep you in the game. When you know how to put them together—that’s when the whole truly becomes more than the sum of the parts.
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