Magna International has made a big splash of late displaying the highly anticipated Fisker Ocean SUV electric vehicle (EV) and a pilot of a pizza delivery robot at trade shows. But you won’t see the company brand anywhere on any vehicle. The Aurora, Ontario- and Troy, Mich.-based company, founded 60 years ago as an automobile…
Modernization is on the minds of IT decision makers, and with good reason — legacy systems cannot keep up with the realities of today’s business environment. Additionally, many organizations are discovering their modernization advantage: their developer teams, and the databases that underpin their applications. “Legacy modernization is really a strategic initiative that enables you to…
Companies capture more data and compute capacity at the edge. At the same time, they are laying the groundwork for a distributed enterprise that can capitalize on a multiplier effect to maximize intended business outcomes. The number of edge sites — factory floors, retail shops, hospitals, and countless other locations — is growing. This gives…
In their rush to the cloud, companies can easily end up with significant waste by taking a “best efforts” approach to aligning cloud instance types and sizes to workloads. Businesses, particularly those that are relatively new to the cloud, often overprovision resources to ensure performance or avoid running out of capacity. The result is that…
Data is the lifeforce of modern business: It accelerates revenue, fuels innovation, and enhances customer experiences that drive small and mid-size businesses forward, faster. Yet while data-driven modernization is a top priority, achieving it requires confronting a host of data storage challenges that slow you down: management complexity and silos, specialized tools, constant firefighting, complex…
Developing and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) solutions efficiently and successfully in businesses requires a new set of skills, for both individuals and organizations. In a recent study, over half of companies that have successfully deployed AI applications have embraced an enterprise-wide strategy that is inclusive, open, and pragmatic, using homegrown AI models 90% of the time. They…
The benefits of analyzing vast amounts of data, long-term or in real-time, has captured the attention of businesses of all sizes. Big data analytics has moved beyond the rarified domain of government and university research environments equipped with supercomputers to include businesses of all kinds that are using modern high performance computing (HPC) solutions to get…
Data intelligence helps organizations create new customer experiences, accelerate operations and capitalize on new market opportunities. It also gives them the agility to pivot when the unexpected strikes. While becoming data-driven makes great sense, some organizations struggle to put it into practice. Adopting a company-wide data culture can be particularly challenging, requiring companies to overhaul…
Consolidation is happening across industries – even spirits. Acquiring companies gain a myriad of benefits when they add new brands to the fold, but one resulting downside is internal complexity and confusion caused by different systems and processes being used. The Pernod Ricard Group, the producer of premium spirits such as Chivas, Absolut, Martell, Ricard…
Over the past 184 years, The Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) has grown to become one of the world’s largest consumer goods manufacturers, with worldwide revenue of more than $76 billion in 2021 and more than 100,000 employees. Its brands are household names, including Charmin, Crest, Dawn, Febreze, Gillette, Olay, Pampers, and Tide. In summer…