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Fact Sheet  

The little book of IT planning and reality

Today’s CIOs have to be top performers in multiple disciplines: just like a pentathlete who has to master different disciplines, so the CIO has to manage a diverse IT landscape, lead change and control budgets. What makes the CIO’s challenge even greater is that he or she must perform each discipline at the same time, whereas the pentathlete approaches each discipline separately. Tags: PDF,Fact Sheet, IT Planning, IT Realities, Epiphany bookRead Article
White Paper  

Integrated IT Portfolio Management for SAP

The integration of the SAP Solution Manager with planningIT provides complete transparency over IT landscapes in SAP consolidation projects. By implementing IT Portfolio Management for complex SAP landscapes, planning errors can be avoided and costs and risks of consolidation projects can be lowered.Tags: PDF,White Papers, sap consolidation, cti consulting, sap solution managerRead Article
Case Study  

A total IT transformation at RAG

RAG, Germany’s largest coal company, is working towards the total closure of its mining operations to the end of 2018. The company is adapting and refocusing: the winding down activity will be balanced by new business growth in other directions. The IT function used planningIT to gain a clear view of its entire ‘as-is’ application landscape, mapping business processes to applications and identifying which applications will become obsolete when mining stops. As a result, the IT function is able to create a clear downscaling strategy, leaving core business processes untouched. It is also well placed to anticipate technology and application needs for future growth.Tags: PDF,Case Studies, RAG IT planning enterprise architecture case studyRead Article
Case Study  

Transformation Challenges in the Financial Services Industry

Recent market forces has left the financial service industry is in a state of upheaval. Market consolidation and increased regulatory compliance are two factors shaping the industry and putting pressure on financial services organizations to transform their business models. The Group CTO of UBS outlines his approach to effectively driving transformation programs while providing the business with the competitive advantages to weather today’s volatile market conditions. Tags: PDF,Case Studies, UBS, Banking, financial services, case study, exchangeRead Article
Case Study  

Integrated IT portfolio management at Continental

Continental is one of the largest suppliers to the automotive industry. It grew rapidly through acquisitions, which left it with a legacy of diverse IT systems. Using planningIT, Continental Automotive integrated all of its IT portfolios. With a clear view of the IT landscape, it is working to standardize its applications in order to conform to industry standards and align more closely to the business. It has identified around 10% of its applications that can be retired, and has jointly developed a set of business-focused criteria for developing the portfolio, to help the organization grow and meet its goals. Tags: PDF,Case StudiesRead Article