Dutch insurance and asset management company Nationale-Nederlanden, part of the NN Group, has a presence in 19 countries and serves several million retail and corporate customers. And for the past eight years, in an environment that’s increasingly changing and demanding, it’s been on a digital transformation journey to refine its customer service and generate proposals…
Application modernization isn’t simply a trend; it’s the mandate for every IT organization. The cost of running old applications and the infrastructure that supports them is problematic. They also lack new features and capabilities, making them a competitive liability. Simply lifting and shifting current code to the cloud doesn’t help and can cost much more. …
We’ve all heard this mantra: “Secure digital transformation requires a true zero trust architecture.” But what exactly does that mean? Zero trust has come a long way. No longer a nebulous, aspirational term equated with the concept “never trust, already verify,” zero trust has evolved into a solid technology framework that enables proactive defense and…
NetSuite is adding generative AI and a host of new features and applications to its cloud-based ERP suite in an effort to compete better with midmarket rivals including Epicor, IFS, Infor, and Zoho in multiple domains such as HR, supply chain, banking, finance, and sales. The new capabilities were announced on Tuesday at the company’s…
Cyber vulnerabilities are among a CIO’s greatest fears. And with good reason. No industry or organization is immune to the growing frequency, sophistication and success of cyberattacks and the steep, often devastating, organizational costs they incur. Yet, after collectively investing an estimated $219B1 worldwide in cybersecurity, only four in 10 organizational leaders feel confident that security is embedded in…
The cloud market has been a picture of maturity of late. The pecking order for cloud infrastructure has been relatively stable, with AWS at around 33% market share, Microsoft Azure second at 22%, and Google Cloud a distant third at 11%. (IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce are in the 2-3% range.) Revenue growth remains solid across…
Market competition for IT talent remains so stiff that IT leaders are increasingly looking to poach employees from other departments to fill IT openings. But snagging a potentially new IT “shining star” from another business function, even when the employee has already expressed an interest in shifting to an IT career, can get complicated. Take,…
Déjà vu can suck sometimes. Earlier this year, I wrote about the importance of organizations reviewing their password management strategies. I also emphasized that companies need to urgently review their employee access protocol, writing that companies must “make it a point to do continuous employee training to help your teams avoid being duped by phishing…
Signing up for cloud services is easy. But getting control of cloud spending can be a persistent challenge for an enterprise focused on making the most of its technology investment. Gartner predicted worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services would grow 20.7% in 2023, to $591.8 billion. A survey for Foundry’s Cloud Computing Study 2023…
AI is taking the world by storm. All forward-thinking businesses are toying with or have already invested in AI — from boutique startups to enterprise conglomerates. According to Accenture, nearly 75% of companies have already integrated AI into their business strategies, and 42% said that the return on their AI initiatives exceeded their expectations (only…