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Agility: Competing and Winning in a Tech-Savvy Marketplace

ISBN: 978-1-119-20039-0

October 2015

240 pages

Description
INSIDER SECRETS TO COMPETING—AND WINNING—IN THE TECH-SAVVY MARKETPLACE

Examining data for over 15,000 organizations, it is clear that technology's powerful impact on business performance ensures that companies who do not know how to take advantage of new tools will lose their competitive edge. Agility presents proven guidance on tackling the challenges of your business and how to fully leverage the potential of technology.

A must-read reframing business strategy and technology implementation, Agility makes it clear: the digital divide is between those companies who view technology as a competitive asset and optimize it to its full potential—and those who . . . don't.

Praise for Agility

"Mr. Mueller-Eberstein from Microsoft is a true thought leader. His insights shared in Agility are spot on and were instrumental to advance my approach to IT management. Organizations adopting the Agility concepts will harvest tangible business results and increase their competitiveness ."
—Stephan Schmitt, Vice President, Hewlett-Packard

"The Internet has changed the way people live, work, and play. Now it's time for our concepts of team to change. This book provides a practical glimpse into the future. A future that is all about working in a globally networked world."
—John Henderson, Professor, Boston University

"In today's market, understanding the business implications of technology introduction is absolutely critical to an effective investment decision-making process. Mr. Mueller-Eberstein has done an outstanding job in explaining these technologies, how they can be used to transform business, and how customers have implemented them to achieve bottom-line business results. An excellent book on a very relevant topic."
—Bill Santos, General Manager, Services Development, SHI

"Unified communication is tomorrow's backbone for business success. Agility shows the correlation and how an organization can leapfrog their competition."
—Gurdeep Singh Pall, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft

About the Author
MARK MUELLER-EBERSTEIN is founder and CEO of Adgetec, whose mission is to help organizations and their leaders realize value globally. He is a recognized thought leader, speaker, mentor, and coach. He also advises start-ups, sometimes hands-on as their COO on business strategy and IP management. Agility was written based on his over fifteen years of global experience in the IT industry working with companies and governments to choose, adopt, roll out, and measure the impact of new technologies. In his responsibility as the director of deployment and adoption at Microsoft, he was responsible for the customers' value realization and deployment experience of Microsoft's Office and collaboration products; the customer and partner engagement during Microsoft's software development process; and joint research with leading academic institutions on technology adoption and its impact on business results. During his career with Microsoft and as the company's advisor, he coached Microsoft employees, customers, and partners across the globe on this and other topics. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mueller-Eberstein was at Hewlett-Packard in leadership positions in business development, marketing, and product management. He received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Technology Berlin and studied at the University of Marburg, both in his native country of Germany.