Drivers of Digital Transformation

Dr.Ferri Abolhassan is a member of the T-Systems Board of Management, responsiblefor the IT Division and Telekom Security. From 1985 to 1988, Dr. FerriAbolhassan completed a bachelor’s degree in computer science at SaarlandUniversity in Saarbrücken, Germany. After graduating, he worked at Siemens andIBM prior to completing his doctorate in 1992. He held various senior positionsat SAP and IDS Scheer, before joining T-Systems in September 2008 as Head ofSystems Integration and a member of the Board of Management. In late 2010, Abolhassantook on the role of Head of Production, before becoming Director of Delivery in2013. In January 2015, Abolhassan was appointed Director of the T-Systems ITDivision, with responsibility for approximately 30,000 employees and some 6,000customers. Moreover, to address new IT imperatives, Deutsche Telekom hascreated an organizational unit for security solutions, to be headed up byAbolhassan. The new business will combine all of Deutsche Telekom’s securityactivities, and will market its cyber security offerings.

• PursuingDigital Transformation Driven by the Cloud.- TheRole of IT As an Enabler of Digital Transformation.- TheDigital Transformation of Industry – The Benefit for Germany.- Theses on Digitalization.- TheCloud in the Driver's Seat.- TheCloud in Practice.- No Innovationwithout Quality.- TheCounterculture of Silicon Valley.- Chinaas the Frontrunner in Digitalization.- TheCloud Drives Harmonization and Standardization.- 100-PercentSecurity – A Desirable Goal?.- Conclusionand Outlook.