Cloud solutions can help to standardize your IT offering. They can reduce time to market and cost. They sound fantastic.
So why does Joachim Horn, CTIO for European telecom operator Tele2, a company with over 34 million customers in 11 countries, warn of the buzz, of overpromising and underdelivering? And how is he getting the benefits without the pitfalls?
Mr. Joachim Horn has been the Group Chief Technology and Information Officer at Tele2 AB since August 15, 2011 and serves as its Executive Vice President. Mr. Horn served as an Executive Director of the Network Services Group of Bharti Airtel Ltd. He served as Group Chief Technology Officer at Bharti Airtel Ltd. Mr. Horn has over twenty-six years of global experience in technology and wireless networks. He served as Technology Director of Telekom Deutschland GmbH since September 2003. Mr. Horn served as an Advisor at VantagePoint Capital Partners. He held numerous high level management positions at Siemens AG. He served as the Chief Technology Officer of T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG since 2006. During his tenure at T-Mobile, he was responsible for leading a large-scale network modernization in the core, radio and service platforms.