Sean Coleman from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Australasia, a sponsor company at the marcus evans Australian CIO Summit 2011, on why IT agility plays a prominent role in an organisation. Interview with: Sean Coleman, Vice President, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Australasia

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IT Agility for Dynamic Business
Sean Coleman from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Australasia, a sponsor company at the
marcus evans Australian CIO Summit 2011, on why IT agility plays a prominent role in
an organisation.
Interview with: Sean Coleman, Vice President, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Australasia
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The Information Technology (IT) environment of an What are the upcoming technologies CIOs can capitalise on?
organisation has to be agile and flexible to mitigate risks and
capitalise on growth opportunities, says Sean Coleman, Vice Sean Coleman: Having industry standards (i.e. SIP) for
President Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Australasia. From a sponsor Telephony over Internet Protocol (ToIP) is giving CIOs the
company at the upcoming marcus evans Australian CIO opportunity to move away from legacy systems and switch to
Summit 2011, in Queensland, Australia, 25 - 27 July, Coleman cheaper and more agile equipment. This is allowing the
discusses how IT agility is essential in today’s fast moving business to be more dynamic.
business environment.
There are also opportunities in social media, which
What is the best way of identifying and mitigating threats organizations need to analyse and test to see how it can
and risks? generate new business. However, it would be a mistake to
focus solely on social media. Videos, Skype and activities with
Sean Coleman: The biggest threat to Chief Information Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are also booming. The
Officers (CIOs) is security. As technology becomes more open younger generation is used to interacting through different
and accessible, we are seeing security breaches that are technologies, and companies need to cater to this group of
creating all sorts of havoc. There are a number of ways to people with different communication needs.
avoid that, but it comes down to being agile and dynamic
enough to move with changing trends. Security is getting What long-term strategies would you recommend to CIOs?
better, but security breaches are becoming more complex.
Agility is a big asset to a CIO trying to mitigate some of those Sean Coleman: Nobody has an answer for all challenges, so
risks. CIOs need to set up the ability for the organisation to trial
new technologies and processes for accessing technology; an
How can CIOs generate growth and revenue? internal innovation centre to test and innovate, instead of
relying on external vendors or consultants to provide the
Sean Coleman: Not many CIOs are tasked with generating direction of the company.
growth, as opposed to maintaining an accessible platform and
perhaps reducing costs, but if they are, IT agility is critical. Having a multi-vendor environment is also important.
There are growth opportunities in the market, but technology Homogenous environments are not typically quick-moving and
is moving very fast. The environment has to be flexible enough dynamic. This could be challenging to manage and integrate,
to handle security concerns and challenges, and migration but is the only way to move forward.
issues.
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across sites and locations, consolidate infrastructure and data centers, and transform processes across the enterprise.
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