Category Archives: IT Transformation

Jargon such as ‘game-changer’ and ‘paradigm shift’ are often used in the technology industry to drive interest and excitement about the latest innovations. This overuse of adjectives makes it difficult to identify when something comes along that genuinely makes a significant step-change, relative to all other innovations. However, 5G technology is just the sort of […]

Leaders around the globe are realising, “I won’t exist if I am not in the Cloud”. A stark reality, but one realised by many leaders, as Satya Nadella shared in his interview with Morgan Stanley. I­t’s a lesson that may have been learnt given time, but one that’s been accelerated by the pandemic. The critical […]

As we enter the new decade, Chris Gabriel, Director of Technology for Logicalis UK, looks at some of the biggest trends impacting businesses and the technology industry. Chief Information Officers (CIOs) have become a staple and responsible part of modern enterprises’ leadership. This year, as the capabilities of technology improve businesses’ efficiencies, CIOs’ decisions carry […]

Our first report from this year’s research, ‘The Changing Role of the CIO’, found that 43% of CIOs are expected to contribute to revenue growth, an increase of 22% on the previous year. As such, the evolving role of the CIO appears to have led to the adoption of new technologies and innovation. The 2019 […]

The first report in our four-part series from the 7th Logicalis Global CIO Survey, ‘The Changing Role of the CIO’, discovered that digital transformations are driving major changes for CIOs. As well as managing the IT infrastructure, they are now also expected to contribute to the business by supporting business initiatives and revenue growth. As […]

Oliver Descoeudres, from Logicalis Australia, describes the eight technologies that are enabling the modern workspace. Over the last decade, new ways of working have evolved as the consumerisation of technology has driven new expectations around flexible working and ‘everywhere access’ to data. The volume of work being done on digital platforms and mobile devices is growing […]

Chris Gabriel, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at Logicalis Europe, takes a look at the role of the CDO and why, just possibly, the CDO may outlast the CTO and CIO. According to the CDO Club, CDO hires have been doubling every year. In 2012 Gartner said the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) will be the most exciting […]

Eugene Wolf, CEO at Logicalis SMC, explains why there is no end game in IT transformation and how IT Service Management (ITSM) and the ITIL model can help deal with constant change. Constant Change In August 2013, two researchers penned an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) calling for the death of […]

The volume of jargon and acronyms used by IT people is no longer a measure of expertise. Rodrigo Parreira, CEO at Logicalis LATAM, urges us to simplify the language we use in IT in order to move mountains. According to Gartner, buyers are drowning in a sea of complexity and jargon. An Alphabetti bowl of […]

Greg Daley, Solutions Architect at Logicalis Australia, identifies five risks common to significant technology transformations, and are applicable across software, infrastructure, and applications. IT transformation projects are carried out to enhance the technical and business environment to an agreed level. These IT-enabled organisation changes come in many forms. Some projects involve low risk, incremental changes […]