IT Foresight

Current Issue

Measuring Industry Digitization: Leaders and Laggards in the Digital Economy
by Roman Friedrich, Matthew Le Merle, Florian Gröne, Alex Koster
As the pace of digitization speeds up, companies in every industry are looking to capture their fair share of the value being created. Our Industry Digitization Index indicates which industries are forging ahead (financial services and computers and electronics) and which are lagging (real estate, construction, and consumer goods). All companies can benefit by understanding where their industry stands in this critical effort, and where it needs to improve.download (600kb, PDF) >

The Next Wave of Digitization: Setting Your Direction, Building Your Capabilities
by Roman Friedrich, Matthew Le Merle, Michael Peterson, Alex Koster
We are entering a new age of digitization, driven by consumer and business demand and by a host of new technologies, such as ubiquitous broadband, powerful data-crunching technology, and the “Internet of Things.” Every industry will be affected—indeed, transformed—and it is up to all CEOs to steer their companies through the coming transition. This Perspective provides a guide to the impact that digitization will have on various industries, and how quickly it will happen.download (1.4mb, PDF) >

Upcoming Event

Visit the Booz & Company Lounge at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2012

The Mobile World Congress, held annually in Barcelona, Spain, is attended by top-level executives and senior managers from the telecommunications and technology industries. In addition to a thought leadership conference, the event includes an exhibition featuring more than 1,400 exhibitors.

Where to find us: Please visit our lounge on Avenue 116, directly in front of the entrance to Hall 5

How to contact us: Please send an email to barcelona.mwc@booz.com

IT Foresight Survey

IT Consumerization Study – Win an iPad
The IT Foresight team invites you to take part in our long-standing study of consumerization in corporate IT by filling out a brief online survey. Participants may also enter our random drawing for a free iPad.start the survey >

Last Month's Issue

Anatomy of an E-Health Ecosystem
By Ramez Shehadi, Dr. Walid Tohme, Jad Bitar, Sindhu Kutty
Most e-health initiatives have yet to deliver on the benefits so often claimed for them. That’s because e-health isn’t just about putting in place the necessary technology infrastructure. Rather, it needs to be seen as an ecosystem that incorporates not just technology but also all stakeholders, the services involved, an adequate financing model, and the necessary governance policies and regulations. And it must be customized to reflect local conditions.download (1.1mb, PDF) >

The Faster New World of Healthcare
By Carl Dumont, Ashish Kaura, Sundar Subramanian
Thanks to regulatory reform and advances in information technology, the pace of change in the healthcare industry is increasing rapidly. If insurers are to keep up with agile, technology-driven competitors now entering the field, they must search for effective business models from outside their own industry, and build new capabilities that support rapid product development, a consumer product mind-set, and expansion into adjacent markets.read more >

At the Forefront of Healthcare IT: An Interview with Dr. Martin Harris, the CIO of the Cleveland Clinic
with Dr. Martin Harris, Ramez Shehadi, Walid Tohme
In this exclusive video interview with Booz & Company Partner Ramez Shehadi and Principal Walid Tohme, Dr. Harris discusses how new technologies, from electronic medical records to social media, are empowering patients and ensuring better medical outcomes. "We are delivering care in ways that we’ve never thought about before."watch the video >

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