Digitalization is the sixth Force shaping the current industries. For the past few dacades, IT has traditionally played a role in addressing the cost. However, with the adoption of new and emerging technologies, IT has moved from a traditional IT stack to a digital IT stack. A major component of this is digitalization of business models aimed at impacting the profitability of an organization. A few organizations have already started the journey of embracing Digitalization to create a competitive advantage. With this adoption, IT is forcing organizations to think about digitalization as a crucial factor in charting their corporate strategy.

1. Creating Competitive Advantage
with Digital Systems Integration
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How to prepare for the first digital decade

2. TRADITIONAL COMPANIES NEED TO BE REBORN DIGITAL
Information technology used to impact only IT cost and was used to run an efficient and agile business
However, IT now is taking the next step of evolution into systems of differentiation
More recently, with disruptive technologies, IT is seen moving into the visionary space with Sytems
of Innovation.
The “First Digital Decade” requires a new mindset toward how strategy is created and where it is
focussed.
The winners seem to be born digital and organizations are using digitalization to disrupt current
busines models.
For traditional companies to compete against the born digital companies, they need to be reborn digital
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3. HOWEVER, UNDERLYING LEGACY HAS TO BE ADRESSED BY APPLICATION
MODERNIZATION
DSI is designed to allow organizations to start the reborn digital journey with
any one of the steps
Application Modernization:
• A successful digital strategy rests on the ability to reduce costs and time to market and increase the ability to
innovate.
• Create platforms on cloud infrastructure: Cloud based platforms enable rapid development of applications using API’s
and SaaS applications such as SFDC.
• Modernizing and Migration applications to cloud platforms: Migrating existing applications to cloud platforms can offer
several advantages including cost.
• Integrating the cloud platforms with legacy assets :Integration for applications will become key if all legacy cannot be
removed. Integrating those applications into cloud becomes a critical factor in creating an agile IT environment
• Flexible Commercial constructs: An outsourcing partner with a flexible can make a huge difference and the ability To
go ‘Beyond the Contract’ when required.
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4. DSI ALLOWS ORGANIZATIONS TO BE REBORN DIGITAL WITH THREE KEY STEPS
Key Steps
Application Modernization
Data Fabric
Digital Transformation
Data Fabric:
• Ability to integrate data from existing sources within the
enterprise
• Ability to integrate new sources of data in the enterprise's
his includes operational and event data, and data from
multiple channels.
• Ability to integrate data from external sources, including
curated public and private data sources.
• Ability to add new sources of data in the form of ‘internet
of things’ wherever applicable.
Digital Transformation :
• Big Data Technologies for handing data characterized by
large volume, variety, and velocity
• NoSQL data to handle data with fast changing structures
• API’s to seamlessly access data from different sources,
including social data
• Integration of security and auditing into the data access
layer.
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