He spoke to the IT professionals, Tivoli Partners, and members of the media about the changes that business is experiencing under the influence of the new economy. Pervasive technology, the Internet, and new e-business trends require a new business model, he said. According to Lindelow, the shortage of IT talent and the simultaneous requirement of deploying new technology compounds the difficulty of coping with the changes in the new economy. But these challenges also create new opportunities to edge out competition, to reach new customers, and to manage business partnerships. Lindelow described the importance of first controlling the technology infrastructure and eliminating the chaos introduced by the new technology.
Companies then have the capability to extend that technology base to necessary e-business endeavors.
And, as companies evolve to become e-businesses, new opportunities surface, allowing them to provide and to manage nontraditional devices and to address the new pervasive nature of technology. In all, Lindelow said that Tivoli is committed to providing solutions tailored to fit specific technology needs. Madrid, Spain-Professor Dr. Alexander Roeder, CEO of DeTeCSM, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, spoke to Planet Tivoli attendees about how it put technology to work in its business. DeTeCSM provides various IT services and solutions to a wide range of manufacturing and service companies and government and municipal facilities. Furthermore, Roeder said that large companies often talk theoretically about cost savings through systems management software, but DeTeCSM demonstrates it every day.