As government agency leaders and healthcare administrators execute their transformation initiatives to be more responsive to citizens and patients, IT staffs will be tasked with leveraging virtualization capabilities to integrate resources across heterogenous infrastructures.
Read MoreIf analysts' assessments of the past year are correct, the events of the past year have accelerated business transformation initiatives with most organizations focusing enterprise technology investments on two interrelated trends: cloud adoption and customer centricity. The lessons learned through the COVID 19 have prompted 80% of enterprises to embrace cloud-centric infrastructures and applications at twice the pace set prior to the pandemic.
Read MoreAccording to analysts at IDC, cloud in all its permutations is having a major impact on the disposition of core enterprise applications. By the end of 2021, based on lessons learned in the pandemic, most enterprises will accelerate their shift to cloud-centric digital infrastructure and application services.
Read MoreChange management has never been easy and will not get any easier as organizations embrace complex heterogeneous infrastructures that mix legacy and next-generation enterprise platforms. This was the central conclusion of a moderated CIO.com virtual roundtable co-hosted with Chuck Tsocanos of IBM.
Read MoreAs the complexity of enterprise infrastructures rise in response to accelerated technology modernization and business transformation, organizations across industries are exploring the role that AI will play in optimizing IT operations while introducing innovative business operations.
Read MoreAs the chief owners of the digital infrastructure that underpins all aspects of modern enterprises, IT leaders will play pivotal roles in the road to recovery, “seeking the next normal” while still performing their traditional roles. In a time of turbulence and uncertainty, CIOs and senior IT leaders must discern how IT will enable the future growth and success of their enterprise while ensuring its resilience.
Read MoreNew technological developments, the rise of new competitive disruptors and changing customer expectations have elevated the importance of accelerating the pace with which institutions bring new value-added services to market. A growing number of executives are taking a hard look at how fintech services, ISVs and SaaS resources can support this “need-for-speed” in a risk-adjusted manner.
Read More87.4% of network service provider executives agree that programmatic advertising delivered through smart/connected TVs and/or customer premises equipment (such as set-top boxes) will be an important source of revenue for network service providers and pay TV operators in Europe.
Read MoreEnterprise-wide adoption of digital agreements and acceptance of digital signatures are as much an issue of managing organizational culture as it is about technology management. The era of contactless engagement -- driven by the rise in remote work and digital end-to-end workflows -- is elevating the role of IT in enabling a new generation of internal and external agreements.
Read MoreEnterprise resource planning software remains one of the most critical business applications of large organizations. Failure to properly incorporate core packages -- like SAP -- into business transformation initiatives can derail the achievement of mission-critical future-state objectives.
Read MoreNew technological developments, the rise of new competitive disruptors and changing customer expectations have elevated the imports of accelerating the pace with which institutions bring new value-added services to market. A growing number of executives are taking a hard look at how fintech services, ISVs and SaaS resources can support this “need-for-speed” in a risk-adjusted manner.
Read MoreA growing number of organizations are exploring the the state of latency sensitive applications as workforces becomes more distributed and infrastructures become more fragmented (as data centers, old mainframes, private clouds and multiple public clouds emerge as enterprise infrastructure coexist for the foreseeable future).
Read MoreAs organizations across geographies and industries accelerate the deployment of business transformation initiatives, a growing number of executives are exploring how risk quantification can be harnessed to optimize new investments in systems, applications and infrastructures to achieve mission-critical objectives in a safe and secure manner.
Read MoreWhile most large companies are currently engaged in a business transformation initiative, study after study reveals that more than 70 percent ends in failure. It may be tempting to blame immature cloud technologies or unwilling rank and file staff; however, the real cause of this failure likely lies in the leadership suite.
Read MoreDespite the ubiquitous headlines about business transformation initiatives’ role in ensuring the future success of today’s organizations, too many major change management initiatives fail to accomplish their objectives.
In the post-mortem analyses that ensue, one of the key reasons for these shortfalls revolves around the inability to engage with the people who must execute the changes in behavior necessary to advance the business agenda, says Michelle Kent, a principal in the advisory practice for transformation delivery at KPMG.
Read MoreFailure to understand how cyber-perpetrators target individuals and organizations in an integrated manner represents one of the biggest threats facing businesses around world. So says Emilio Griman, Director of Center of Competency, IBM Resiliency Services.
Read MoreAs sports and entertainment venues explore their options for engaging with today’s hyper-connected consumers, strategic planners in the industry are exploring the impact that the trend toward “all things digital” is having on fan expectations for live events.
Read MoreWhile the initial wave of digital transformation initiatives have largely focused on building new technology platforms across a near infinite variety of cloud environments, the true benefits of any shift will only occur with an equally dramatic change in how organizations are structured, says Bruno Guicardi, President and Co-Founder of CI&T, in a thought leadership interview.
Read MoreAccording to a published report by Fortune Business Insights, the global enterprise governance, risk and compliance (eGRC) market is projected to reach USD 57.57 Billion by 2026, thereby exhibiting a CAGR of 13.2% during the forecast period. However, the report states that the global market was valued at USD 21.72 Billion in 2018. The report further provides an in-depth examination of the ongoing and latest trends with a focus on the business environment worldwide.
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