The Future of IT is Hybrid: How CIOs can Find Success
The pandemic has accelerated the shift to work from home. The exigency might have ended, but only 17% of leaders believe work will revert to full-office mode. 83% of IT leaders believe teams will adopt a hybrid model permanently. They will spend a part of their working hours at the office, and the rest of […]
Why IT Needs New Metrics to Capture Digital Transformation Effectiveness
Performance alone does not count in today’s competitive business environment. What matters is results. Poor results will soon lead to competitors drowning the business. Many traditional IT metrics focus on performance metrics such as cost and efficiency. Such metrics are transactional, depicting how well a specific process executes. They do not capture the full picture […]
Cybersecurity Risk Assessment: Managing the IT Complexity
Cyber networks are becoming complex. The increasing complexity makes the system more vulnerable to cyber threats. Data and cybersecurity breaches have increased by 67% since 2014, as the 2019 Cost of Cybercrime Study by Accenture and Ponemon Institute reveals. Cyber networks grow complex owing to several reasons, none of which will go away soon, such […]
[Video] Talend & NCS Panel Discussion – In Conversation with Alex Siow
Learn how to overcome major challenges that are preventing companies from being data-driven and the best practices for data security and compliance without compromising accessibility. Recently, IT Knowledge Zone organized a webinar by Talend and NCS – “In Conversation with Alex Siow, Singapore’s first CIO – A Talend Public Sector Day Series“. Talend, the leading platform […]
Is Fog Computing the Answer to What is Preventing IoT from Becoming Mainstream
Conventional cloud centralises data processing to deliver efficiencies of scale. But today, everything, from shoes to specks and fridges to vehicles, has become Internet-enabled. The current internet and data centre infrastructure cannot cope. The huge number of devices, volume, and velocity of IoT data create challenges in storage, security, and network management. These challenges threaten […]
Adopting Zero Trust Strategy: What Enterprise IT Teams Need to Know
Enterprise IT has operated on trust all these years and paid the price for it. Costly breaches have been all-too commonplace. The number one reason for most of the breaches has been the users. User carelessness, incompetency, and even rogue insiders top the root causes of major breaches. Enterprises now seek to end such assumed […]
5 Steps to Transition from Traditional ITOps to Automated AIOps
The AIOps Market was worth USD 13.51 billion in 2020 and will touch USD 40.91 billion by 2026, with a CAGR of ~21.05%. Traditional IT cannot cope with the sheer volume, velocity, and variety of data in today’s digital age. To cope, smart businesses upgrade from traditional ITOps to automated AIOps. AIOps marks a shift […]
Six Pitfalls to Avoid When Choosing a Cloud Vendor
Migrating to the cloud requires signing up to a cloud vendor. Cloud service providers are businesses. Their primary motivation is profits and not social service. They may position information in a way that sounds all appealing. Here are seven things your cloud vendor may not disclose. 1. Portability One of the key advantages of the […]
Five Reasons Why Data Science Projects Fail
Data science and machine learning are the key drivers of digital transformation. But beyond the hype, deriving business value from data science projects is tough. A study by Dimensional Research reveals just 4% of companies succeed in deploying Machine Learning models to a production environment. And, even worse, the gap between enterprises gaining value from […]
[Video] SAP Ariba Direct Spend & SAP Digital Supply Chain Solutions in Consumer Products Industries
Fast-moving consumer goods companies are introducing new products faster, capturing more upside revenue, and improving customer service while reducing inventory levels. How? By collaborating with internal and external manufacturers, co-packers, 3PLs, suppliers and other trading partners on their design-to-operate processes. Take a look at this scenario in the food and beverage industry to see […]
Five Ways to Get Data Governance Right
Data has become all-important to make quality decisions in the digital era. Analysis of operational, customer, and other enterprise data offers rich insights. But even the best analytics tool is only as good as the data fed into it. Normal enterprise data may be incomplete, outdated, or inconsistent. It requires effective data governance to ensure […]
Five Focus Areas of AI-Powered Big Data Analytics in 2022
Enterprises seek a competitive advantage by becoming hyper-efficient and delivering services faster. They rely on data analytics and AI to make this happen. Analytics lies at the core of digital transformation. Businesses depend on insights from data to make informed decisions. Artificial Intelligence (AI) takes analytics to a new level of real-time dynamism. It deepens […]
