Hello from Xonetic and welcome to our newsletter ‘Digital Drum’. We thought it would be informative and beneficial to our customers and associates if we were to produce a regular newsletter to keep you up to date on company activities, the latest changes in digital technology, the standards that support IT best practice, as well as our musings on wider digital trends and their potential impact on business.
We hope you find this useful and if you have any comments, feedback, questions, or suggestions for topics you would like to see covered in future bulletins please let us know. Our doors (both actual and virtual) are always open.
As a contributing author of the Business Technology (BT) Standard and founder of Xonetic I am passionate about digital technology and the transformative results it can bring to businesses if it is deployed correctly. I strongly believe that IT is at the heart of every successful organisation. To that end I founded Xonetic to empower businesses to make the best use of their digital assets. The company champions digital ways of working and has a proven track record of helping organisations maximise their available IT assets. We are the sole UK implementer of the Business Technology Standard, in partnership with the Business Technology Forum.
Thanks,
Nick Russell, MD & Founder, Xonetic
What is Business Technology?
Developed in in co-operation with global enterprises and public sector organisations over the last 12 years, the BT Standard is now recognised as a leading best practice framework for businesses undertaking complex IT projects as part of their digital transformation. It provides in-house ICT teams with the guidance needed to overlay commonly deployed technology management frameworks, such as SAFe or DevOps, to develop a single, unified management model. The BT standard is used by a vast range of companies across all markets, particularly in the Nordic region.
The BT Standard, which is owned by the Business Technology Forum, has undergone many revisions since its creation in line with with digital innovations and technological advances. The latest version (v4.5) supports Business Technology governance as well as roles and responsibilities and operating model for data governance and management.
A part of our core aim to introduce our network to the power of the Business Technology Standard, we are running, we are offering a free introductory virtual workshop to Business Technology on the 14th September at 1pm (UK). If you are interested in attending please register on LinkedIn (we have >80 people already signed up already!)
Our Collaboration with UCISA
We’re currently working in partnership with UCISA to accelerate the adoption of the Business Technology Standard by universities in the UK and Ireland.
UCISA, a professional body for digital practitioners in the education sector have been running monthly Community of Practice events where we have been explaining to UCISA members how the BT Standard empowers organisations to maximise their IT assets. This has been well received, with King’s College London being one of its early adopters.
Over the last two years we have been assisting King’s College London with the implementation of the Business Technology Standard to provide a comprehensive approach to the IT lifecycle, supporting students, researchers, and staff.
On the back of this we have been asked to run a Business Technology Maturity Assessment with over ten universities (& counting).
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