By Varsha Ramesar, Managing Executive, Data and Analytics The data revolution has fundamentally changed the role of the finance professional as we know it. In order to continue to be seen as a value-added service or department, finance professionals must evolve – not only to keep up with ever-changing technologies, but to access the benefits […]
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Innovation is about Solving Problems
The third decade of the new millennium is firmly underway, and everything is moving so quickly. We are told to improve, to perform, to innovate! In fact, the drive towards innovation has become an integral part of almost any corporate landscape. Unfortunately, very few companies take the time to unpack what innovation really is. They […]
Continue readingMore TagPowerful anytime, anywhere user experiences through virtualisation
Hybrid work is here to stay. How your people connect and access applications and data, and the extent to which you can make the employee experience more secure, productive, seamless and cost-effective will increasingly determine your attractiveness as an employer. One way to create powerful anytime, anywhere user experiences is by virtualising applications. Virtualisation is […]
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If there was one bright spot during the Covid-19 pandemic, it was that the cloud finally coming into its own. According to Flexera, 94% of organisations are now using the cloud, with 91% using the public cloud. However, businesses are finding that their cloud implementations are not saving them the money they thought they would, […]
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For some companies adopting a hybrid cloud model was a strategy defined years ago and accelerated due to the pandemic. While digital transformation was undoubtedly on the radar of many technology leaders, 2020 proved that without a hybrid cloud strategy, your business came to a screeching halt. A clear trend is presenting itself: digital transformation […]
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Many large enterprises rely on SAP to run their critical business processes, but delivering today’s business priorities is difficult with traditional systems and drawn-out, waterfall-driven innovation cycles. Enterprises need to overhaul their business models to respond faster to market fluctuations and keep pace with the break-neck pace of change in today’s digital marketplace. This means […]
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Kubernetes is a pioneering communication tool that allows developers, operators, policymakers, and infrastructure providers to communicate in a language that is both human-readable/writeable and actionable by machines. For years, organisations of all sizes have been growing their cloud footprints. From private clouds, to massive deployments on hyperscale environments, today’s reality is a sprawling ecosystem ranging […]
Continue readingMore TagThe Programmers Oath – an iOCO perspective
Software is all around us – almost everything has a software component. Without it banks and hospitals would grind to a halt, transportation would be non-existent, and telecommunications would go silent, desktops, laptop and phones wouldn’t operate. Society will be plunged back to the Stone Age. More seriously, we wouldn’t have Facebook and Instagram. I […]
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It used to be that getting value from software in a business was mostly about what technologies were available, and your ability to develop those that weren’t. Creativity – choosing how and why to use those technologies – largely followed. APIs – Application Programming Interfaces – have changed that, blurring the boundary between intent and […]
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[responsivevoice voice=”UK English Male” buttontext=”Listen to this”] The world is converging, and this convergence is increasingly held together by the API environment. APIs – Application Programming Interfaces – are much talked about, but not always well understood. So let’s begin at the beginning. APIs are pieces of software which define and automate communication between separate […]
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