It’s an imperative today for both public and private sector organisations to invest in, implement and revolve company culture around technologies of the future. And Industry 4.0, otherwise known as the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), is at the core of this effort, which involves a synergised approach to production based on a groundswell of cutting-edge…
We may have made it through the global pandemic, but that doesn’t mean it’s business as usual for everyone. Many have lost loved ones or at the very least carry the mental scars of months of anxiety and isolation. It has become clear as COVID has worn on that we are never going to return…
The UK Central Data and Digital Office (CDDO) has unveiled the Transforming for a Digital Future strategy, which sets out a collective cross-government roadmap and vision for 2025. The strategy outlines six core missions with the ultimate goal of delivering better and simpler citizen experiences, more value to the taxpayer, and greater public sector efficiency…
Limited budgets and legacy systems are a common issue in many industries and that is also true for not-for-profit organisations. When Raul Caceres joined Canteen, an Australian support organisation for young people living with cancer, in 2019, Caceres found a failed CRM implementation, issues with the organisations websites and projects blowing out the budgets. For…
CCL Director of Information Security and Technology Operations Donna Sanders on trusting your gut, being clear on priorities, and understanding the skills and talent necessary to drive the organisation into the future. Watch this episode: #id62a8dcb9130f7 .jw-wrapper::before { content: “IDG” !important; } CIO, CIO Leadership Live Read More from This Article: CIO Leadership Live…
The demand for cloud infrastructure combined with the rise in sales of SaaS services boosted Oracle’s fourth quarter revenue for fiscal year 2022, but the acquisition of healthcare tech company Cerner has chalked up a debt of $15.8 billion. During a call with analysts after the results were announced on Monday, Oracle CEO Safra Catz…
Conrad Akunga, a director and founder at Kenya-based software company Innova Limited, is feeling the impact of multinationals like Google and Microsoft siphoning the best tech minds Kenya has to offer since he has already lost some of his engineers to “various players,” he says. But speaking in a recent online forum, he doesn’t dispute…
For years, IT and data leaders have been striving to help their companies become more data driven. By most accounts, companies are making the necessary investments, as evidenced by the majority of heads of IT (52%) saying data analytics and machine learning will drive the most IT investment at their organizations this year, according to…
Kristin Myers, CIO of Mount Sinai Health System and Dean of IT for its school of medicine, is taking the New York healthcare provider to the cloud, making data protection and security key priorities as she does so. Myers, who has a degree in law and IT from Queensland University of Technology and an Executive…
In late May, BT Group, the UK’s pioneering fixed and mobile telecommunications company, and MTN, the leading African telecommunications company, formed an alliance to offer resilient and secure solutions to businesses in Africa. Experts agree based on extensive research that over half of African businesses are not sufficiently prepared against large-scale cyberattacks, so this new…