Is it a Good Idea to Invest in Multi-Cloud Strategy?
Enterprises subscribe to public cloud offerings for cost-effectiveness and easy scalability. Within the public cloud, the trend is towards a multi-cloud strategy. The cloud user spreads their public cloud usage over multiple infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers. For instance, users may host application front-ends with Microsoft Azure. But they may opt for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to […]
The Real Value of Self-Service Business Intelligence: A CIO’s Guide
Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) approaches do not suit modern business needs. Getting analytical insights involves making requests to data scientists. The data scientists run the data on their analytical engines and offer reports. Routing insights through middleman data scientists invariably creates a backlog. Self-service business intelligence eliminates the middleman data scientist. The business user runs […]
Ransomware Attacks Are Evolving, Your Cybersecurity Strategies Too
Cyber threats are increasing in scope and magnitude with every passing day. Among the different attacks, ransomware attacks have become very potent. Ransomware started as a floppy disk-based attack in the 1980s, with a modest ransom demand of $189. Today, enterprises that fall victim to ransomware pay $233,217 to the hackers, on average, and suffer […]
Project Cost Optimization Tips When Innovation is Your Priority
Cost-cutting is the norm in today’s recessionary and disruptive business environment. Companies face multiple challenges, such as low demand, wafer-thin margins, and hyper-competition. Amidst such challenges, they need to invest in innovation for competitive differentiation. In such a state of affairs, simple expense-line trimming no longer suffices. Enterprises have to optimise the business value of […]
Four Ways to Realign IT Governance for Flexibility and Agility without Compromising Security
IT governance entails laying down policies, processes, and tools to ensure robust operations. Innovation is critical for competitive differentiation. But enterprises pursuing innovation often encounter a roadblock in IT governance. Traditional IT governance values stability, availability, and predictability over risk-taking or improvisation. IT governance becomes a way of controlling or restricting things that could go […]
Endpoint Protection Platform or Endpoint Detection and Response – What Matters More?
Relentless digitalization has resulted in a proliferation of endpoints in most enterprise networks. Conventional tools configured to protect a limited network cannot protect these spread out and complex networks. Device fragmentation and the spread of IoT means each endpoint may connect to various devices, many of which have inherent vulnerabilities. Two popular solutions to protect […]
Combining RPA, Analytics, and AI to Accelerate Digital Transformation
Industry 4.0 demands digital transformation. Enterprises that seek to reap the benefits of the new digital-enabled world have to shed their legacy systems and embrace new digital technology. With multiple new technologies ruling the roost, successful digital transformation depends on convergence. Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are the three red-hot […]
Cloud Cost Optimization: Five Ways to Reduce Multi-Cloud Costs
In the post-pandemic era, multi-cloud deployments have replaced on-premises deployments as the norm in many enterprises. More and more enterprises migrate their data and applications to the cloud. The cloud promises to lower IT costs and deliver efficiency and scale effortlessly. But this has not always been the case. As enterprises migrate to the cloud […]
Why Business Leaders are Adopting “Everything as a Service” Approach
Everything-as-a-Service or Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS) is the flavor of the season. XaaS represents the pay-for-use consumption model associated with the cloud. The traditional consumption model entails buying the product or service to consume it. The subscription model first became popular to consume software. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings enable the use of software without the hassles of download. […]
Six Strategies CFOs Definitely Need to Follow to Build Business Resilience in 2022
Doing business has become tough. Businesses face multiple challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted time-tested business models and wreaked havoc with supply chains. Compounding matters, fast-paced tech advances, and fickle customer sentiments drastically reduce product life cycles. Shortages of critical resources, be it talent or semiconductors, cripple most industries. Most businesses, especially small and medium […]
Top Security Industry Innovations that Will Prevent new wave of Cyber Threats
The stakes of cyber security have never been higher. Attacks have become complex and sophisticated. Mobility, work-from-home, and the spread of IoT have increased the attack surface of late. By 2027, there will be 41 billion IoT devices connected online. The rush to move applications to the cloud in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
The Red-Hot Trends of 2022: Data Fabrics, Data Lakes and MLOps
Companies operating in today’s digital economy seek insights from data for competitive advantage. Data insights improve efficiency, enhance customer satisfaction, and unlock new possibilities. But making sense of data has never been easy. The increasing complexity of the business environment makes data management more challenging. Today’s data landscape is hybrid and varied. As businesses grow […]
