How will IT security develop in 2025 and over the next five years? ZfK asked Maik Neubauer from the management consultancy AXXCON for an assessment.
Energy experts warn of dependence on US tech companies: German companies urgently need to develop resilience strategies. Dependence on hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet & Co is becoming a threat to all industries, including the energy supply sector. ‘Cloud first’ or “cloud only” strategies harbour new risks that have so far been underestimated.
The energy transition requires public utilities to realign their strategy, organisation and processes. AXXCON supports municipal utilities in successfully mastering this change and positioning themselves for a sustainable future.
In just three years, the energy company E.ON has implemented an extensive cloudification project: All data and the majority of applications that were previously hosted in the company’s own data centres were transferred to Microsoft Azure.
The EU Data Act has been European law since January 2024. This should make providers of cloud IT services in particular sit up and take notice. This is because part of the law will present them with enormous challenges.
The pressure from energy suppliers on their IT service providers is growing – and this also applies to the Group’s own providers. In order to meet the increased requirements, Soluvia IT-Services GmbH, the IT service provider of the MVV Group, is completely reorganising its structure and processes.
In this extensive project for the sustainable development of an innovative digital organisation, AXXCON supported a construction chemicals company that was positioning itself as a market leader in its niche and consequently also wanted to develop digitally in its other business areas.
Problem management has always been a particular challenge for IT managers, and as consultants we have yet to meet an organisation that is completely satisfied with its processes in this crucial area. With the migration of many IT services to the cloud and the emergence of hybrid IT, the complexity of this discipline has increased significantly.
We started in 2020 with the concept phase of the “Rethink SIT” project for the strategic realignment of Soluvia IT Services. In the meantime, we are in the middle of the implementation phase.
Hybrid IT transformation offers many benefits to organisations, including flexibility, cost savings and transparency. However, the move to the cloud also brings with it the risk of nasty surprises, especially when it comes to cost management. In our fifth blog post on enterprise IT, we look at these challenges and the solutions.