Realizing the full potential of your multi-cloud strategy
By 2021, 90% of enterprises will rely on a mix of on premises/dedicated private clouds, public clouds, and legacy platforms to meet their infrastructure needs (source: IDC FutureScape). Is a multi-cloud foundation now fundamental for business? And how do you manage app complexity in a multi-cloud environment? To find out, we spoke with Guru Venkatachalam, Vice President, Cloud ...
Accelerate digital transformation with a Cloud Centre of Excellence
Companies are adopting multiple clouds and multiple tools and services for containers, microservices, and serverless computing deployments. To meet this growing complexity, IT departments are evolving to “everything-as-a-service” (XaaS) IT delivery models. They want to be more agile, and to manage cloud cost and security proactively. The question is how. Is the answer ‘with a ...
How do we measure ROI in technology change?
This year enterprises are expected to invest $1.3 trillion in digital initiatives, according to Forbes Technology Council. And 70% of them will fail. How should we measure ROI in technology change to ensure every digital project succeeds (or fails fast)? We asked an expert: Conor Molloy – SVP, EMEA & APJ, Riverbed
How do we solve the content crisis?
57% of customers think the marketing content they receive is useless, according to Forrester Research. And 97% of marketers say content is their biggest concern. How do we solve the content crisis? We asked an expert: Peter Fellows – Sales Lead, Sitecore Commerce UKI, NE & MEA.
Creating future-ready organisations through finance
In a new research report, Agile Finance Unleashed, over 700 senior finance executives globally tracked their progress towards digital transformation. What were the headline results? And how are the market leaders creating future-ready organisations though finance? Oracle’s Nick Jackson explains…
The $1 trillion opportunity for telcos
A new era of Industry 4.0, smart cars, smart cities and smart everything is dawning, powered by new and advanced technologies such as cloud, AI, 5G and IoT. We’re standing at the brink of a colossal new B2B revenue opportunity for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) with an estimated global worth of $736 billion over the ...
Cyber security: Five ways to manage threats and mitigate risk
If a network, identity, device or data is valuable – particularly if it is information tied to intellectual property, financials, sensitive files, critical infrastructure or political leverage – then cybercriminals will identify, target and ruthlessly attack. And no matter what size your organisation, defending against such threats is tough. Skilled staff are expensive, and complex ...
Is frictionless finance possible?
Steward, operator, strategist, catalyst: today’s finance leaders must wear many hats, concerned with everything from maximising shareholder value, creating corporate agility and adjusting to a rapidly changing regulatory environment. To be successful, they must enable their department and the larger organisation to run agile, frictionless operations, so they can adapt and scale while ensuring compliance ...
The Digitally-Savvy Finance Function: Unleashing Your Team’s Potential
In January 2019, Oracle and the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants released a report entitled Agile Finance Unleashed: the Key Traits of Digital Finance Leaders. The study of more than 700 global finance leaders found a clear correlation between technology adoption and revenue growth – but revealed only 10% of finance leaders believe their teams ...
Five reasons hybrid cloud delivers the execution of innovation
Whether you think innovation is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration or more evenly balanced, there’s no doubting it is a real competitive advantage. When executed. In this short video, Bask Iyer, CIO and GM for Edge Computing/IOT for Dell Technologies & VMware, explains five reasons why hybrid cloud delivers the execution of innovation.