Business and IT Alignment is a dynamic state in which organizations effectively use information technology (IT) to achieve their objectives, including—but not limited to—improved financial performance, transparency, business continuity, social & environmental responsibility, and/or innovation & competitiveness. Presentations may focus on the outcome: the ability of IT to produce business value, or the means: the harmony between IT and business decision-makers within an organization.

Strategic areas in which ARCHIBUS solutions play a decisive role, include:

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Providing frameworks to increase enterprise-wide governance
• Deploying lifecycle management processes and systems to reduce risk and inefficiencies
• Implementing continuity and sustainability practices to achieve goals

Strategic Alignment

• Reconciling the business and IT expectations
• Managing support of SaaS with guaranteed uptimes and balancing data integrity, security and availability
• Delivering secure, real-time access to enterprise data from smart devices to empower people to manage their lives and work
• Improving efficiency through telepresence and wearable technologies

The way companies allocate and use workspace is changing due to new work habits and behaviors, mobile devices, energy costs, and the dynamism and pace of business. Because companies now consider Real Estate to be part of their business strategy, people and technology are gaining importance as factors in location and workplace design decisions. Integrated workplace management solutions allow organizations to take more time planning their location, medium- and long-term occupancy needs, and space layouts to meet both the organization’s and people’s expectations.

Strategic areas in which ARCHIBUS solutions play a decisive role, include:

Strategy & Leadership

• Aligning real estate with business strategy to manage change & business transformation
• Implementing alternative workplace strategies to support the digital workforce
• Supporting talent retention, productivity and innovation strategies through safety, wellness and wellbeing initiatives

Workplace Services

• Strategizing shared services delivery
• Creating self-service environments
• Reducing project’s turnaround time and improving customer satisfaction
• Maintaining or improving quality of services & managing expectations
• Benchmarking with KPIs and metrics

The convergence of the physical and digital worlds is a reality. While we still can make a difference between the click and mortar worlds, the truth is the line between the two is being blurred. Technology advancements in several fields like building information modeling, smartphones, building systems and components, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and data science are pushing us to think about the future and how that will transform our work life and everything else.

Strategic areas in which ARCHIBUS solutions play a decisive role, include:

Smart Buildings

• Using BIM-based facilities management to help improve operational performance, lifecycle management and meet strategic objectives
• Using real-time utilization and consumption data to optimize maintenance, lower costs, and perform behavioral analysis

Intelligent Cities and Campuses

• Connecting disparate, existing technologies to leverage platforms, smart infrastructure and the Internet of Moving Things (IoMT) in a multi-layer information framework