Question 1: Digital Disruptions (Session I) (a) Consider Charter Communications,

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Question 1: Digital Disruptions (Session I)

(a) Consider Charter Communications, the cable telecommunications company that provides cable TV and internet access services to over 25 million customers in 41 states. It is the second-largest cable operator in the United States by subscribers, and the third largest pay TV provider. It also provides phone and internet access services to subscribers. As you know, the cable TV industry is under severe threat of disruption and is an industry in transition. Suppose that you have been hired as a consultant by Charter Communications. Write a brief report that answers the following questions.

Disruptive Threats: What are the major disruptive threats that you believe will negatively affect their business in the future?

Case Learnings: Based on the learnings from the several cases discussed in class, prepare a list of key learnings that are most relevant for Charter Communications.

Strategy: How should Charter Communications respond to the disruptive threats that can negatively affect their business?

Note: Instead of Charter Communications, you can answer the questions above in the context of the company that you work for. If you choose to go that route, include a one paragraph description of the company so that I can evaluate your answer.

(b) We discussed in class several elements of an IT infrastructure that enables agility and is reliable and low-cost at the same time. Pick any two of the ideas discussed in class (cloud technologies, simplified infrastructure, shared micro-services, managed services, IT metrics) and explain:

how they can benefit the company you work for, and

potential roadblocks that you are likely to encounter in their implementation.

Explanation / Answer

The answer is given on the basis of Charter Communications Ltd.

Part (a) :

Disruptive Threats :

The threats that emerge with the digital disruptions(change in digital technologies which affect the previous state of the organization) are called as Disruptive threats.

The major possible disruptive threats that the company can face in the future are :

Case Learnings :

Strategies -

The following are the strategies that the company can implement to face the disruptive threats -

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Part (b) :

Cloud Technologies -

Benefits for company - The cloud computing technology offers a very secure and safe online platform for the company.By adapting it the company will reach to a level of platform which provides fast access speed and consistency of data.It is also a very secure platform where the company can makes its database and also can store important information.Enterprise users can get applications to market quickly without worrying about underlying infrastructure costs or maintenance.The users can also scale services to fit their needs, customize applications, and access cloud services from anywhere with an Internet connection.

Roadblocks -

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