Services Science, Engineering and Management Conference, at IBM Palisades, October 6-7
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Val Rahmani, General Manager, Infrastructure Management Services, "Injecting Science into the Art of Services: A Perspective from IBM Global Technology Services"
Have been in IBM hardware, moved to services in March
Could use help in research
Have come from a product mentality
IBM has products and services, but how do we put them together
- Services are 50% of revenue, but less than 50% of profits
CEO Study, with CIO implications
- Innovation starts at the top
- Innovation isn't just products and services, it's business model innovation
- Collaboration is more important, need to be both internal and external
- Gap between 80% knowing what we need to do, and 20% saying that the they know how to do it
Partners and customers edge out employees for ideas
- R&D is #5
IT services market is changing
- Used to think we could sell standalone services, now want integrated solutions
- Customer doesn't want to be beta tester, integration by FedEx (meaning assembled when it arrives)
- Not full-scope outsourncing, now want selective out-tasking (e.g. call centre, payroll, security, etc.) so that I can see real value and doesn't lock me to one supplier
- From customized offerings (where they pay extra) to standardized services
- e.g. 17-1/2 windows cost $2500, 18" windows cost $200
- Local labour goes to global delivery (which may mean make whole services into a process)
- Labour-based models, moved to asset-based models (meaning anything repeatable and scalable, e.g. methods, software)
GTS Strategy:
- Globalize: traditionally, have had local teams working with person power
- When make them assets, the people will have less power
- Simplify: Don't have the skills, make a simple set of steamlined portfolio
- Standardize
- Automate: If can't standardize, automate
- Have put some work in India right beside Research Labs
Can services be more like products? Business Week Online
Ten Service Product Lines cover all of our IT services:
- IT Strategy and Architecture: middle-skilled consultant with better tools
- ....
Most interesting places for security services
- Biggest cost in security is people, particularly doing stuff that could be automated
Similar approach in server services
[Questions]
Missing link is not in innovation, but whether it's easy to use?
- Yes
Don't automate me, informate me.
Privacy. Have non-technologists involved in planning
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