GEC NEWS WIREEMC Corporation is holding their fourth annual CIO Connect Summit at the Yas Viceroy, Abu Dhabi, on 25th – 26th May. In addition to interactive presentations and workshops during the two-day event, EMC will shed light on the State of IT Transformation report, an analysis of more than 660 EMC and VMware customers worldwide and share insights on the direction of IT transformation investments in the region.
The State of IT Transformation report is based on a qualified evaluation of companies who attended IT Transformation workshops conducted by EMC and VMware and are in the midst of IT transformation initiatives. EMC and VMware aided the companies to determine the gaps, progress and objectives in their long term and short term IT transformation journeys.
The report indicated that organizations are seeking to be cost-efficient, hence can save as much as 24% in operations by transforming IT. Regardless of industry, most organizations reported wanting to improve their IT service strategy to run IT like a customer-focused business. While 90% of organizations indicated the importance of having a documented IT transformation strategy and roadmap with executive and line of business support, 55% admitted to having nothing documented.
Habib Mahakian, Vice President, Gulf & Pakistan, EMC said, “Business needs should adapt to changing consumer demands, which are evolving at a rapid pace. This underlines the need for CIOs to strategically envisage adding more value to consumer engagements and drive competitive differentiation by attaining unprecedented organizational efficiencies”.
