CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

Why Apptio? Glad you asked!
Combine Voco’s IT and commercial expertise with Apptio’s Technology Business Management Tool, and you’ve got Spend Comprehend.
Operating Models: Much More than Organisational Design
Many people equate operating models with organisational design, but actually it’s so much more than that.
Dear Mr Vendor: Why Leasing is Not as-a-Service
as-a-Service is causing a buzz right now, but it seems the fundamental basis of the aaS proposition is still widely misunderstood.
Customer Strategy vs Digital Strategy: Don’t Let the Jargon Get in the Way
In recent years, the term ‘customer interaction strategy’ has morphed into ‘digital strategy’. So what’s the difference?
Can you really trust the digital security of your company to a demand service provider?
Yahoo is the latest company to confirm that it has suffered a massive data breach..
The Four Pillars of Disruption
Is a massive price differential alone enough to cause true, sustained disruption? Or does there need to be more before disruption can take place?
Is this the Innocent Face of Disruption?
How would you like to get a product for 0.27% of the traditional cost? Is this massive price differential the innocent face of the realities of disruption?
New Year, New Ways of Working
Activity-based working: The way we get stuff done around here.
How can you adapt to the new supplier model and maximise value from your vendors?
With a shift to as-a-Service, there’s more opportunity than ever before to unlock value from your vendors…
As-a-Service: Are you Missing the Big Prize?
The real potential of the as-a-Service model is increased agility.
Strategies to Maximise Value from Your Vendors
Applying as-a-Service or other consumption models to any business can be tricky
Two Ways to Find out how Ready you are for the Future (and the Future is Cloud)
There are two ways to work out how ready your organisation is to make the shift to cloud-based consumption services.
Is Your Business Planning Being Derailed by Short-Termism?
New Zealand businesses aren’t great at long term strategic planning, or – if they are – it often comes unstuck in the execution.
Digital Strategy: When Resisting the Rush Makes Sense
By 2020 Gartner predicts there will be 25 billion “things” connected to, and by, the internet.
How Grown Up are You?
Getting your organisation’s IT maturity assessed will prove invaluable when you’re planning a move to an as-a-Service (aaS) consumption model.
Budget Concerns Needn’t be a Roadblock to Government Agencies Adopting aaS
A little vision can go a long way. When looking at adopting consumption (cloud) services…
Get Ready for a More Customer-Focused Supplier than You’ve Ever Experienced
Purchasing your technology capability ‘as a Service’ (aaS) makes economic sense. Why? Because…
Cloud Exhaust or the New Oil?
What does shifting to as-a-Service really mean for your business? What does it take? And is the destination worth the journey?
On the Fence about Telecommunications as-a-Service (TaaS)?
Are the concerns around TaaS real impediments to adopting the model or just a new set of reasons to stay on the fence?
When Words Get in the Way
Telecommunications as a Service is poorly named. Its label gets in the way of an in-depth understanding of what TaaS really is and what it can do…
Beware of Incomplete Travel Advice for your Journey into ‘as a Service’
Mind the ‘advice gap’. The advice might look and sound good – but is it? Where’s the crucial detail?

Challenges Met. Opportunities Seized. Goals Achieved.

Voco is a specialist business consultancy working with enterprises in Auckland, Wellington, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

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Want to ensure you get it right, from strategy to procurement?

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Keen to lift your agility, capability and cost-effectiveness?

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Why Apptio? Glad you asked!

In our last post, we announced that Voco has partnered with Apptio to make its cloud IT business management tools more available to New Zealand organisations. Its Technology Business Management (TBM) tool, together with Voco's extensive IT and commercial expertise, underpins our new Spend Comprehend solution.

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Voco brought a depth of experience and capability to this large ICT transformation programme which lead to a more effective, faster and lower cost ICT organisation.

- Ken Tunnicliffe, Enterprise Director, Vodafone NZ

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Strategic thinking – this was the most valuable of all as it enabled appropriately framed decisions to be made.

- Richard Lowthian, Head of Procurement (Telco), Westpac NZ

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Voco is on your team for as long as it takes when you need help negotiating a demanding business challenge. We provide the expert guidance and practical execution skills that will get you from where you are now to where you want to be. We don't just design you a bridge. We build it and cross with you.

Perspective

We help you to view the business challenge through a range of lenses. Applying both outside-in and inside-out perspectives, we uncover the key business drivers and requirements. This ensures that change initiatives support your current and future demands and that stakeholders understand and are in engaged in the process.

Insight

Business modelling that overlays your unique context and puts your customer at the centre. We'll provide insights into the levers that will bring about positive change. The analysis of options primes the organisation for readiness assessment by identifying and quantifying the impediments to, and the drivers and enablers for, achieving your goals.

Action

We work with you to develop, plan and execute a change programme that can be implemented and measured without causing the wheels to come off the operational business. Together we determine the timing and approach, confirm the business case and funding options, and set out all the roles and responsibilities.

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