Despite making up more than a quarter of NZ’s population, Māori and Pasifika peoples make up just 6.8% of New Zealand’s IT workforce. With the tightening labour market for IT staff, there is a bigger push than ever for companies to examine what they can do to attract more people to the industry. Conversations on…
The United States seem to have a love/hate relationship with video conferencing. Almost everyone has used it (or at least 81%, according to the Pew Research Center) but few seem to relish the experience. Many formerly in-person events from team meetings to conferences transitioned to virtual events and many companies seem conflicted on if, when…
ANZCO Foods Head of ICT Iain Boyd on keeping change management sustainable to avoid burnout, the importance of executive sponsorship of projects and why he’s changing job ads to appeal to more diverse candidates. Watch this episode: #id628d17839f796 .jw-wrapper::before { content: “IDG” !important; } CIO, CIO Leadership Live Read More from This Article: CIO…
Rapidly accelerated digital transformation strategies over the last few years only cemented what digital identity architects already knew: identity is the perimeter. While protecting enterprise assets using identity and access management (IAM) is important, companies also need to address the applications their customers use. In 2021, the Federal Trade Commission[1] received 2.8 million fraud reports…
The case for Zero Trust security has never been clearer than it is today. Workflows are increasingly happening in the cloud, hybrid work is becoming the norm, and the number and impact of cyberattacks continues to escalate. According to the Cloud Collaboration Market 2022 by Mordor Intelligence, the Cloud Collaboration Market is growing at a…
Epicor Software has added new automation capabilities to Kinetic, its cloud-based ERP application for manufacturing, and Prophet 21, its software for distribution companies. The new Epicor Automation Studio is intended to enable citizen developers across the enterprise to automate workflows and connect the ERP system with data held in other applications. Epicor describes it as…
While regulations are created to protect consumers and markets, they’re often complex, making them costly and challenging to adhere to. Highly regulated industries like Financial Services and Life Sciences have to absorb the most significant compliance costs. Deloitte estimates that compliance costs for banks have increased by 60% since the financial crisis of 2008, and…
Anyone who’s involved in the creation of software products should be well familiar with DevOps, a set of practices that combines software development and IT operations, with the goal of shortening the development lifecycle and providing continuous delivery and high-quality products. A related concept, CloudOps, for “cloud operations,” has emerged as enterprises increasingly move application…
Cloud is becoming an increasing popular option for organisations to store data to power data analytics and business intelligence functions: data that is growing rapidly in volume and variety. However migrating data to the cloud and managing it in the cloud creates multiple challenges. This has given rise to a new discipline in enterprise IT:…
Data has always been fundamental to business, but as organisations continue to move to Cloud based environments coupled with advances in technology like streaming and real-time analytics, building a data driven business is one of the keys to success. There are many attributes a data-driven organisation possesses. Deloitte lists these as: Creating and shaping a common data…