Why Digital Transformations Are Failing
While a few firms—the digital giants—are winning big from digital technology, most big firms are engaged in digital transformations that typically yield limited gains. Most C-suites are frustrated and disappointed.
IoT is key to helping digital transformation
For almost all enterprises, the Internet of Things (IoT) is crucial to assisting digital transformation, a new report from Omdia asserts. The analyst firm’s latest IoT Enterprise Survey suggests IoT deployments have matured within organizations, as almost three-quarters (73 percent) said they were either in full deployment, or trial/PoC stages (up four percent year-on-year).
How digital transformation enables greater sustainability
Today, 90% of manufacturing firms in Northern Europe are investing in improved workflows to improve their energy and material efficiency, rising to 95% for respondents in the UK and Ireland. Another compelling finding was the common practice of having a dedicated sustainability team in the organisation, with 86% in manufacturing citing they do.
Digital Transformation And 5G: The Converging Needs Of Telcos, Enterprises And Hyperscalers
Telecom carriers are becoming giant IT organizations, and the needs and architectures of telcos and enterprises are converging as they both engage in deep digital transformation. Meanwhile, public cloud hyperscalers (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) are facing similar challenges as they spread across networks and extend their offerings into telco-based edge compute.
Data and analytics leaders actively involved in digital transformation initiatives
The most essential competencies for D&A leaders are leadership skills such as influencing, engagement and effective communication plans.
Companies are using tech lessons from the pandemic to advance digital transformation
Companies that had the digital tools to meet the demands of the pandemic are now ready to move into phase two of digital transformation, according to a Microsoft executive. This means seeing a return on investment from cloud infrastructure, remote work tools, automation and machine learning.
Digital transformation requires consulting your people assets
Technology is one half of digital transformation; training is the other.
3 Factors That Should be Driving Your Digital Transformation
To maximize output of any digitalization project, organizations must treat it as a wider business initiative, rather than a targeted IT transformation.
Riding the second wave of digital transformation
Businesses are faced with the second wave of digital transformation and getting to grips with the future of hybrid working.
Digital transformation prioritized by local firms
Digital transformation is a central development strategy for eight out of every 10 companies active in research and development in Greece, while six in 10 plan to continue using telework after the pandemic, according to the findings of a survey conducted by the National Documentation Center (EKT) at the end of 2020.
3 questions to ask for a successful digital transformation
Federal agencies have embarked on an ambitious digital transformation journey that will greatly enhance their ability to deliver mission-critical services and improve efficiency.
Digital transformation: 5 trends that could shift your strategy
As we slowly return to a post-COVID world, IT leaders should raise their periscopes and review industry trends. While many organizations were busy shifting to hybrid work, updating business processes, and adjusting to changes in customer needs, the opportunities to innovate, improve customer experiences, launch digitally enabled products, and mature machine learning capabilities may have taken a back seat.
‘Digital transformation involves more than technology’
Mitel’s Jamshid Rezaei discusses developing trends in the telecoms sector and the importance of employee buy-in when it comes to digital transformation. Jamshid Rezaei is the chief information officer of Mitel, a Canadian telecoms company that focuses primarily on voice over IP (VoIP) products.
Robust digital identity is the key to the payment revolution
The payments industry is revolutionising at an exponential rate. And the truth is, there has never been a greater need for it. Supercharged by the pandemic, consumer spending fuelled with a surge in e-commerce reaching an estimated $794.50 billion in 2020.
Digital transformation and edge computing: 7 best practices
How and where can edge computing help enterprise IT leaders deliver on digital transformation goals? Think about all that data you’re crunching, for starters. Experts share best practices