A year ago, SAP offered to simplify migrating to S/4HANA Cloud with its Rise with SAP all-in-one subscription-based service, meaning that enterprises don’t need to separately manage the cost of software licenses, support, and cloud hosting. Customers have still had to deal with at least three partners, though: SAP, a systems integrator, and one of…
Technology was previously one element of enabling business and employee productivity. Now it is the driving force for both. “As the pandemic has worn on and companies have looked at how to get out of emergency mode, the technology has taken on even more significance,” says Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO of Nutanix, a San Jose, CA…
Maybe you’re interested in a job as a project manager (PM), moving projects forwards and keeping technical staff focused on bigger-picture business goals. Maybe you’ve already got a PM gig but are looking for greener pastures — or a higher salary. We’ve given you resume advice before. But after speaking to a number of career…
It’s clear that we all need to learn to accommodate a new way of working. While the idea of hybrid workplaces and work from home aren’t new, most organisations faced a rapid transformation as plans for a gradual transition gave way to new rules and requirements created by the pandemic. While many people thought work…
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove announced the 330-page, Levelling Up whitepaper late last week, with the report introducing 12 national ‘missions’ that will look to address geographical, economical and societal inequality. The report has since drawn recognition and scorn in equal measure, with critics pointing to rehashed elements from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s 2019 manifesto…
By Ian Jagger Cloud protagonists might claim that one of its core impacts has been breaking down the barriers between technology and people. Let’s not just think about this in Joe Public terms, as beneficiaries of interactions through-and-with technology, but also the gatekeepers to data centers, the behemoth buildings that developed into the muscle that…
Riverford Organic Farmers is a 100% co-ownership organic farm and UK-wide organic vegetable box delivery company, founded in Devon, England, with sister farms in three locations around the country. Through the pandemic, it’s seen unprecedented growth. Customer demand doubled, remote work became the norm and sustainability a key focus on the company’s agenda — all…
The value of measuring the IQ and EQ of leaders, regardless of their profession, is widely understood. But forward-thinking organizations are now turning their attention to quantifying a less talked about set of abilities, known as digital quotient (DQ). Just like IQ and EQ, developing strong DQ can help organizations and individuals collaborate more effectively,…
We now live in the age of agility—where all parts of businesses are rushing to digitization. In the face of these rapidly changing market dynamics, many IT organizations find themselves under-resourced to handle the increasing expectations for their employees to adapt. Some of the leading organizations in the world are using this momentum to push…
AI is increasingly becoming a business imperative. Nine in 10 Fortune 1000 companies are not only investing in AI, but are increasing those investments, with 92% reporting measurable business benefits from their current AI use — up from 72% in 2020 and just 28% in 2018, according to a 2022 NewVantage Partners executive survey. Still,…