Tag: business operations

February 6, 2024

“I’m an engineer at heart,” says Stuart Birrell. “So this is fun.” Fun, for the chief data and information officer at EasyJet, means running one of the biggest e-commerce operations in the UK, at the same time as overseeing the […]

October 5, 2023

Digital transformation is a digital technology-aided transformation of the fundamental dynamics of a business’s operations. It enables organizations to streamline processes, enhance collaboration, and leverage data analytics for informed decision-making. To comprehend this transformative process, it is crucial to explore […]

August 26, 2022

Companies across sectors and of all sizes face a common problem: understanding their profit margins and identifying the levers that are attributing to those margins. It’s as fundamental to business operations as you can get – if the margin isn’t […]

August 22, 2022

According to IDC, 30-50% of businesses experience gaps between their data expectations and reality. They have the data they need, but due to the presence of intolerable defects, they cannot use it as needed. These defects – also called Data […]

April 14, 2022

With data-driven decisions and digital services at the center of most businesses these days, enterprises can never get enough data to fuel their operations. But not every bit of data that could benefit a business can be readily produced, cleansed, […]

April 4, 2022

Rocket Software has released a 2022 survey report titled “The State of the Mainframe.” The report, which is based on a survey of over 500 U.S. IT professionals in firms using mainframes focused on their priorities, challenges, and plans for […]

July 20, 2021

Managing people and teams can be challenging — delegating work, coaching and supporting their professional growth, and ensuring project meet deadlines and add value. It’s especially daunting when encouraging adoption of a new tool or platform. In my role as […]

September 21, 2020

Cyber security discussions have become increasingly about cyber resilience in recent years, but the concept of being able to bounce back from disruption needs to be applied across the entire business, especially as organisations become more dependent on IT. Resilience, […]

March 28, 2019

When you own a small business, cash is king. Preserving your capital helps you pay suppliers, cover weekly payrolls and still keep the lights on when the business inevitably runs into problems. “Cash–it’s like ammunition,” Tom Maoli, a small-business expert, […]

November 3, 2016

There was a time when differentiating between Apple’s pro and consumer lines was easy. Even after Apple stopped painting its entry-level Macs with candy-flavored colors, there was always a clear separation between the machines meant for professionals and the ones […]