Business Chief Europe Magazine May 2016 | Page 33

FOUR WAYS CIOS CAN JUMP START THE DIGITALISATION JOURNEY

4Invest in innovation

From a business perspective , formulating an approach to ‘ innovation ’ that is funded as part of a CIO ’ s investment portfolio can create a sustainable , balanced model , as can redirecting operational savings towards investments aimed at innovation . Additionally , to ensure they remain creative and cutting edge , CIOs can crowdsource innovation ideas from their teams , employees and customers – and fund the most supported ones all the way through their execution to a demonstrable level , considering minimal viable product or service efforts as a means to validate their impact and adoption .
From an IT perspective , investing in tools that clearly identify network and application performance problems , and give CIOs fluency in the complicated language of application-aware network performance management , is crucial to satisfying an organisation ’ s constantly-evolving needs .
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