Digital Business is not coming, it's here!

“Let’s get one thing clear. Digital business is not coming, it’s here!”

This is how Michael Burkett, Managing VP at Gartner, discusses the new Granter report “Embedding Digital Business Into the Fabric of Your Organsiation”.

Making your business “digital” means understanding where areas for improvement are and incorporating technology in those areas to create new efficiencies. This may include:

• Digitised resources management
• Documents storage systems
• Video-conferencing
• Collaboration technologies
• Custom workflows
• IoT technologies
• And more…



Any new technology, process or workflow that would improve your business operations, reduce costs and increase productivity can ultimately create a disruptive competitive advantage and set you apart from the competition.

In an ideal situation you are already leveraging technology to create efficiencies, streamline operations, automate processes, facilitate communication and bring a whole new service experience to your customers.

Conversely, you might be at the point where you are looking to transform your business using new disruptive but are unsure as to how this will shape your future.

You might have a general idea of what are the areas of your organisation that can be improved through technology but you might not have the clear full picture of what your business’ IT will look like in 1, 3 or 5 years.

Planning for a transformation requires a strategy. The output of a strategy is to give your organisation a clear roadmap to the desired, future state.
A clear transformation roadmap will answer questions such as:
· Should I move to the Cloud?
· What type of Cloud should I adopt for my organisation?
· How do I get my staff to collaborate and communicate more effectively?
· How do I make the cost of my IT system 100% predictable?
· Is there a specific technology I can use to grow my business?
· How do I make sure my business’ data is secure and available at all times?
· Can I eliminate reactive system maintenance and troubleshooting?
· Can I reduce the number of system downtimes?


A transformation roadmap shows you how your business will look like. A “window” from where you can take a glance at the future capabilities of your organisation.

This is the missing link between where your business is today and where you want it to be in the coming years

Digital business is no longer just a strategy. It represents the new reality for many organisations.