Doing digital transformation right
By Brian Harding, Head of iOCO Digital Digital transformation has been a business buzzword for many years now, but while most organisations have already embarked on the journey, they often forget that digital transformation always needs to be viewed in the context of the end consumer. Typically, organisations embark on a digital transformation journey to […]
Modernise your VMware workloads Campaign
Accelerate your cloud journey While more and more organisations are recognising the need to transform their workloads in the cloud, many are hampered by on-premises infrastructure costs. Having the right solution in place and the help of the right partner can help you accelerate your organisation’s journey to the cloud. With over 11 years’ experience […]
Change how you do finance
By Varsha Ramesar, Managing Executive, Data and Analytics, iOCO For decades, finance teams steered the business using a rear-view mirror to provide the information they needed to make decisions. New service delivery models, emerging trends, and rapidly changing consumer expectations have ensured that looking behind while attempting to steer forward is no longer an option […]
Farewell DBA, it’s the age of the DDA
Accelerated cloud adoption means many of the tasks traditionally assigned to the database administrator can now be done at the click of a button. But while the traditional DBA role may be on its way out, there’s a growing need for the Digital Database Administrator or DDA, the next generation database curator who is also […]
Innovate at speed and scale
In a world today, organisations can’t afford delays in the delivery of their solutions, nor in accessing the technologies that enable them to service their customers. Unfortunately, many have to choose between quality and speed when it comes to their applications, a compromise that leads to less than optimal performance. With the changes forced by […]
Finance has become a data game
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 […]
Moving to the Cloud is only the First Step
So many options ahead of you… During many of our cloud advisory engagements, we’ve seen customers start their cloud journeys but get stuck in a quagmire of how to progress next. Many organisations have moved to a form of cloud services but have yet to realise the full value and potential of the cloud ecosystem […]
Major Insurance Corporation
iOCO successfully partners with Micro Focus CyberRes to create a secure test data solution with Data Privacy Manager.Move Towards Agile Development Demands More Stringent Data Security This organization maintains a businesscritical application that has been in place for decades. Among the massive volumes of data captured and consumed by the organization is sensitive data that, […]
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 […]
Embrace the future with an API-first approach
In 2002, Jeff Bezos issued what is now known as the API mandate: ‘The new direction at Amazon is that all capabilities will be designed and exposed as APIs’. This is an early version of what is today called API-first. The growing maturity of cloud, with its virtually unlimited processing power, and the reality of […]