NEW ESAS RESEARCH: Mind the Digital Gap

Digital transformation and the digital business are top of mind for suppliers and enterprises. But there is a gap to be bridged between market perception and reality. The latest report from the ESASViews research stream highlights the key challenges and directions in this section of the UK market.

Making the most of the opportunities that come from digital transformation requires concentrated effort on the four ‘C’s” - convergence, co-ordination, complexity management and capacity for change. In our view, the challenge of aligning these factors is the primary reason for the digital gap. But the gap can be bridged through a focus on highly targeted, outcome-oriented solutions that can be delivered at speed. With immature business cases and return on investment proof points still a work in progress, a particular challenge for suppliers is resetting expectations—and organisational/business structures—around small, serial projects. At the same time, suppliers need to be able to bridge digital and legacy estates which means meshing asset-intense traditional approaches with emerging skills and techniques. In fact, success in the era of digital transformation does not rest on building one bridge but several interconnecting structures.

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Posted by Angela Eager at '10:28' - Tagged: markettrends   SMAC   digital