The pandemic may be fanning headwinds against the global economy, but China’s economic resilience has allowed the country to sail into it. We see this in its post-pandemic recovery: with China’s economy projected to grow by 8.5% in 2021—a 73% increase from its GDP growth of 2.3% in 20201. This growth is no stroke of…
CIOs realize data is the new currency. But, if you can’t use your data as a differentiator to gain new insights, develop new products and services, enter new markets, and better meet the needs of existing ones, you’re not fully monetizing your data. That’s why building and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)…
These days, the town of Walldorf is not really in the mood to celebrate — even though the managers of SAP, which is headquartered there, have every reason to do so. After all, the software giant can look back on 50 years of successful company history. On April 1, 1972, five former IBM employees — Claus…
Employees are quitting jobs at record rates and companies are having a hard time luring them back. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that employees are now frequently working from home, making it harder for managers to identify employees who are unhappy. Plus, getting new hires up to speed is more challenging when they can’t…
Want to survive as CIO? You need the right priorities. And for most CIOs, at this precise moment, your average CIO’s top 5 priorities are: Security. Security. Security. Security. Not to mention security. Notice what’s missing? If your answer is “everything is missing,” go to the head of the class. Security is, for today’s CIO,…
In early 2021, a wave of digital innovation in the African financial sector, born out of a response to the tight grip of the pandemic, fuelled services and applications that had the potential to really shake up the banking sector. Over the past year, that wave has continued to grow and swell, unleashing a flood…
Pallavi Katiyar began her career as an IT consultant, and today is leading a much broader portfolio as the CIO of Cyient. Throughout her professional journey, she has had opportunities to play different roles: “There has never been a dull moment,” she says. Over the past 22 years, Katiyar has worked in different domains, technologies,…
Recently, an increasing amount of hope is attached to edge computing. The industry is buzzing with bold ideas such as “the edge will eat the cloud” and real-time automation will spread across healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. Experts agree that edge computing will play a key role in the digital transformation of almost every business. But…
Customers in the Middle East are becoming increasingly familiar with being greeted by friendly chatbots — virtual helpers that are available day or night for all kinds of burning questions. From Dubai’s sprawling malls to Cairo’s bustling hospitals, Arabic-speaking chatbots are streamlining the customer experience while offering lucrative growth opportunities to businesses that adopt them.…
Successful organizations do not merely move traditional data to cloud platforms to have better data access – they shift to the cloud by thinking differently, using the cloud as a tool to achieve business goals by implementing a strong cloud infrastructure. Cloud has become a key enabler for organizations to develop, grow and compete in…