Cloud, telco providers show the promise of 5G edge

Businesses are intrigued by the convergence of 5G wireless networking and edge computing to fuel their enterprise applications. And while the market for such capabilities remains nascent, IT leaders should prepare for the arrival of these technologies, which are maturing rapidly thanks to telco operators and cloud software makers, experts say. 5G comprises next-generation wireless…

7 signs it's time to kill an IT investment

The business case seemed rock solid. Your management colleagues agreed that the investment made sense from every angle. Over time, however, it has become apparent that everybody was dead wrong. Key indicators are signaling that the project is not only failing to meet expectations, but likely headed toward utter failure. Now what? Knowing when to…

Top 12 BI tools of 2021

With more and more data at our fingertips, it’s getting harder to focus on the information relevant to our problems and present it in an actionable way. That’s what business intelligence is all about. BI tools make it simpler to corral the right data and visualize it in ways that enable us to understand what…

3 questions guiding your SAP transformation to S/4HANA

When an enterprise decides to take an SAP S/4HANA journey, it is looking to achieve the following goals: adhere to SAP best practices, modernize business processes, strategically restructure the business, introduce innovation to reduce IT debt, and simplify their SAP landscape. But the guidance enterprises receive for this journey ranges from confusing to outright counterproductive.…