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“ YOU HAVE A MUCH BIGGER INFLUENCE ON THE ORGANISATION AND WITH THAT , THE CIO HAS TO BE AN INTEGRATOR . IT ’ S NOT JUST ABOUT CREATING PLATFORMS AND SOLUTIONS , IT ’ S MUCH MORE ”
– Steffen Schreck , CIO
close to 4,000 workplaces across three main sites in German , with a large number of smaller size and remote sites all over the world . When Schreck begun to dig deeper , that migration included more than 600 applications .
But the challenge before Schreck here was not a typical one , in fact the technical separation and installation was comparatively straightforward .
For Schreck , the challenge was one of licencing .
“ We found out pretty quickly that the major problem is the licencing . Vendors are quick to sell you a new licence , but when you ’ re dealing with a transformation of this size those licence models are in no way ready to accommodate that ,” he says .
This required substantial negotiation and overall effort from a multifunctional team of procurement and licence experts , which again was difficult due to the creative journey which saw the IT users defining which applications were needed and to what scope .
“ It was very difficult as we work with a large number of vendors , but in the end , it was solved effectively ,” Schreck says .
112 April 2018