Digital disruption and, more recently, widespread disruption in society caused by COVID-19 has fundamentally changed customer demands and expectations. For large enterprises and government institutions alike, the need to provide experiences that are easy to consume has exploded – with access to data, products and...
Published: Oct 18, 2021
Digital transformation (DX) is paving the way for the future of business, requiring the rapid adoption of novel digital technologies. However, every change involves risks. This is especially true as cyber attacks and breaches in cyber security are among the largest risk factors. The very systems that were introduced to...
Published: Oct 19, 2021
Digital innovation should be considered highly strategic for the future success of your organization. Everyone has heard the expression that software is eating the world, so one of the next big challenges for every organization is how to operate more like a software company to rapidly deliver the necessary digital innovation....
Published: Oct 18, 2021
Applications are critical to the way in which an organization functions. To best serve your employees and customers, it’s important to step back and think things through properly - especially as the needs of your people continue to evolve. However, advancements in technology and the growth of competition can make...
Published: Oct 18, 2021
In the last 12 months we have experienced impacting events which have changed the landscape in Australia and New Zealand. From bushfires, to pandemics and all of the economic and legislative changes in between, this year has shown how adaptive organisations can thrive in uncertain times, and has equally shown that those...
Published: Oct 21, 2021
Cloud has never been more important to agile, responsive organisations, but the reasons for its appeal have evolved. Its greatest benefit was once the savings it could deliver, but today cloud is seen as a key driver of business agility and growth. However, organizations must balance many competing factors such as...
Published: Oct 19, 2021
Every organisation in Australia and New Zealand has a transformation agenda, yet many are unable to execute it due to technical and organisational factors which limit their progress. In every industry that we have engaged in for this research, technical debt and organisational debt have been cited as key inhibitors in...
Published: Oct 21, 2021
One of the oft-stated promises of cloud-based applications is more up-time, more application availability than those deployed via on-premises servers. Some might take the statement at face value; others may question it. I’d like to make the argument that both sides are right.
Published: Apr 29, 2013
Most companies would rather not continue indefinitely diverting resources into software systems or adding costly IT resources.
That’s why ERP systems that use a cloud, or Software as a Service (SaaS), delivery model are great choices.
The cloud solution providers handle the maintenance and management of...
Published: Feb 26, 2014
So you’re considering private cloud for your business communications. You’re not alone! In fact, more and more businesses are turning to cloud communications (a.k.a. hosted communications), as witnessed by its tremendous market growth of roughly 25 percent year over year.
Why choose private cloud for your...
Published: Jan 28, 2020
The virtualization market reached a tipping point in 2010, when more virtual servers were launched than physical servers. Today, VMware generates more than $4 billion in annual sales and has assets valued at more than $40 billion.
Published: May 01, 2013
If you are confused about cloud computing, are unsure of whether the hype is justified, and have no idea if it’s right for your business, then you are not alone. With many definitions of the technology in the market right now, it’s difficult to get a clear understanding what cloud computing is and what it does....
Published: Mar 01, 2015
The survey considers the importance of ROI calculations in securing internal agreement for a move to cloud-based IT services, how and in which areas of operations ROI was calculated, and the accuracy of ROI predictions.
Respondents were also asked which single area of business (from cost-savings to staff productivity...
Published: Mar 01, 2015
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on the shop floor is as critical to the viability of the enterprise as any component in the execution of manufacturing.
High-performing manufacturers have found that full integration of real-time operational data collected from the shop floor to the top floor is key to reducing costs,...
Published: Feb 21, 2014
