Tag: digital transformation

September 23, 2022

Currently, many IT departments are being challenged to make fundamental changes to their cybersecurity strategies. The changes required are necessary to meet their organization’s demands of digital transformation and the rapid growth of their work-from-anywhere (WFA) workforce. Because users from […]

September 20, 2022

Today, most businesses are embracing digital transformation to meet ever-increasing customer expectations and to remain competitive and relevant in the world economy. While many organizations still struggle to adopt new technologies – often due to the lack of a tailored […]

September 2, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic forced almost every organization to adapt to digital ways of working and operating virtually overnight – no matter their sector. It was a culture shock that meant brands had to accelerate their digital transformation strategies at short […]

August 22, 2022

Digital transformation represents the ultimate best practice of the modern era – it signifies ongoing change driven by technological advances and expanded capabilities, helps companies and employees exceed their perceived potential, and constantly raises the bar on competition and performance. […]

July 12, 2022

I’ve been through a few economic downturns in my career. In most of them, any futuristic IT project funding was “temporarily pulled,” meaning all work to date was a waste of time and money since it ended up in the […]

June 15, 2022

For some time, financial pundits have been prognosticating a recession. According to 68% of CFOs surveyed by CNBC, a recession will occur during the first half of 2023. Given last week, many are even suggesting a hard landing could occur […]

June 9, 2022

Any organization that aims toward complete digital transformation must move toward Enterprise Data Literacy. So, what exactly is Data Literacy? Gartner defines Data Literacy as: “The ability to read, write and communicate data in context, including an understanding of data […]

May 19, 2022

Digital transformation is more than just a technology issue — it’s a business issue. It’s about how you use technology to create new opportunities and improve your bottom line. But too often, companies try to implement digital transformations without involving […]

May 12, 2022

The term “digital transformation” (DT) encompasses the holistic framework and the associated strategy designed for integrating technology, business processes, and employee effort to get the maximum value for business customers. In a digitized business model, the “customer journey” is the […]

April 5, 2022

The pandemic has put digital transformation up front and center on the CIO’s agenda over the past few years. According to 2022 State of the CIO study, 85% of CIOs are focusing on transformational initiatives with pre-pandemic levels of technology […]

March 24, 2022

Sonny Sonnenstein is not a mainframe guy. “I’m a banking technologist,” says the CIO for retail, business, and digital banking at M&T Bank. But it is safe to say that Sonnenstein understands something about investment risk and when it’s time […]

March 22, 2022

A couple of decades ago, only highly specialized professionals could create a well-designed website. Today, practically anybody can build a good looking site in an afternoon using no-code platforms like Wix or WordPress. We’re not quite there yet with data […]

March 2, 2022

The Data Governance lead is responsible for the systems and rules used to ensure data is legal, well-organized, safe, accessible, and valuable. They are responsible for developing and communicating Data Governance policies. Because Data Governance covers a wide range of […]

January 28, 2022

It’s no shock to anyone that 2021 was a year of big change, much of it due to the continued effects the global pandemic has on how we do business. As every organization across every industry addresses their new needs […]

January 27, 2022

The past two years of remote work have been both a sprint and a marathon for IT leaders – working to find quick solutions to keep the lights on and businesses running remotely, coupled with making remote work scalable, sustainable, […]

January 26, 2022

The importance of data has increased multifold as we step into 2022, with an emphasis on active Data Management and Data Governance. Furthermore, thanks to the introduction of new technology and tools, we are now able to automate labor-intensive data […]

January 14, 2022

Despite the billions of dollars and countless man-hours being channeled into digital transformation, too many companies are spinning their wheels, buried in petabytes of unusable data. As a result, many are saddled with initiatives that do little to advance the […]

January 7, 2022

It’s taken some time, but CIOs and CDOs (chief data officers) now understand the need for a strong working relationship. Data has become the driver behind digital transformation and better business decision-making. For CDOs and CIOs to succeed, they must […]

January 6, 2022

I was recently reading Stuart Stent’s CIO.com article, “The Crucial Role of Application Management in a Cloud Operating Model,” in which he notes that the “IDC predicts that to gain business agility, enterprises will need to modernize over half of […]

January 3, 2022

With data dependency at an all-time high for businesses, almost every industry player is looking to establish themselves as a technology company first, similar to Amazon or Netflix. Organizations have pushed the gas pedal on their digital transformation journey, and […]