innovate

Innovation is often defined as the commercialisation of new ideas and in IT involves the use of new or existing client technologies in original ways that impact client competitive advantage.  The Innovate function is an ongoing service that includes all activities related to the development and commercialisation of new ideas.

• Innovation Process Management is the process of cultivating and harvesting ideas.  Clients cultivate and instill a culture of innovation in their businesses and then manage the process to achieve desired business results. Dimension Data assists clients in filtering ideas in a process that assesses and ranks ideas collected against their ability to provide business value and differentiation.  
  
  
• Innovation Content Provision is the process of leveraging Dimension Data’s local and global expertise.  Clients benefit from access to Intellectual Property and experience of Dimension Data subject matter experts. These experts provide Leading Edge Technology Guidance including detailed assessments of functionality, risk, longevity and likely evolution path of new and emerging technologies that might be applied to solving specific business challenges.