Category: Business Users

December 5, 2023

IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. But as digital transformation efforts have intensified in recent years, CIOs have had fewer opportunities to pause and reevaluate IT’s financial situation. “Some organizations have […]

December 4, 2023

Last month, the Biden administration issued a sweeping executive order focusing on artificial intelligence. The edict particularly focused on privacy concerns and the potential for bias in AI-aided decision-making. Either could potentially violate citizens’ civil rights. The executive order was […]

December 4, 2023

Global data center market revenue is expected to reach $342.10 billion by 2023, up from $321.37 billion in 2022, according to Statista. The data center market was valued at $316.30 billion in 2021, up 6% from $298.30 billion in 2020. […]

December 1, 2023

Okay, I’m going to geek out for this one. The start of my cloud computing career was not using cloud computing services, it was building them. This meant setting up a service that could do complex things, handle many service […]

November 30, 2023

The government hopes new guidance from the Alan Turing Institute will provide useful information to help businesses upskill employees so they can use artificial intelligence (AI) to carry out tasks in the workplace, boosting productivity. AI skills for business competency […]

November 29, 2023

The way that consumers engage with brands is constantly evolving. The average internet user spends nearly seven hours per day online, consuming articles, ads and updates across a variety of different channels. Although our research shows that consumers value messaging […]

November 27, 2023

Sometimes AI hype can be so silly that it distracts us from the important work of making it functional. For example, you can read Bill Gates’ paean to AI and believe that within the next five years, “You’ll simply tell […]

November 22, 2023

In today’s ever-evolving landscape, leaders face a delicate balancing act when harnessing the power of AI to transform their data into valuable insights. On the one hand, the relentless speed of AI-driven advancement and fierce industry competition demand an agile, […]

November 21, 2023

Ask IT leaders about their challenges with shadow IT, and most will cite the kinds of security, operational, and integration risks that give shadow IT its bad rep. But for a select few, the deeper challenges of departmental technologies being […]

November 20, 2023

Generative AI and, more specifically, ChatGPT captivated the corporate world in 2023, with board directors, CEOs, and other executives fawning (and sometimes fearing) the technology. Their enthusiasm is justified, with multiple studies finding that AI is delivering strong value and […]

November 17, 2023

A managed service provider (MSP) is an outsourcer contracted to remotely manage or deliver IT services such as network, application, infrastructure, or security management to a client company by assuming full responsibility for those services, determining proactively what technologies and […]

November 16, 2023

It’s the fastest-moving new technology in history. Generative AI is transforming the world, changing the way we create images and videos, audio, text, and code. According to a September survey of IT decision makers by Dell, 76% say gen AI […]

November 15, 2023

Many businesses are eyeing the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to transform ERP. Your ability to reap the rewards of that potential may depend on how far along you are with digital transformation. A recent IDC […]

November 14, 2023

In an age defined by data-driven decision-making, where 91.9% of organizations have already leveraged analytics to enhance their operations, a question remains: What if there were even more sources of untapped data, capable of helping businesses increase the quality of […]

November 13, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies are striving to harness the power of digital technologies to reinvent their operations, enhance customer experiences, drive innovation, and thereby create value for stakeholders. But the hard truth is that many digital initiatives fail […]

November 10, 2023

During the pandemic, e-commerce quickly became the focus of large food chains. ICA, with about 1,300 stores and a 36% market share, was no exception, and in Q2 of 2020, while stay-at-home mandates were enacted, its e-commerce increased by 165%. […]

November 9, 2023

Awareness and acceptance of IT sustainability issues have been steadily growing within the enterprise over the past year. Meanwhile, the skyrocketing accusations and evidence of greenwashing have served a positive purpose, in that they reveal both a strong interest in […]

November 9, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and increasingly digital business environment, data has become the lifeblood of companies; it drives growth, innovation and competitive advantage. The question is not whether data is important or not, but rather how well an organization can harness […]

November 8, 2023

For companies whose business units have traditionally operated independently, centralizing IT operations under one strategy can reap significant benefits — especially when it comes to offering a holistic customer experience and establishing a unified data foundation for leveraging the latest […]

November 3, 2023

The cloud offers several advantages for implementing generative AI models, and we’ve discussed that to death here. In short, the cloud provides scalable computing power, flexibility, and accessibility, enabling enterprises to find the full potential of generative AI. Cloud infrastructure […]