Cross-functional teams that blend IT and business professionals are nothing new, but now they have become almost a mandate. At Sun Life, such teams are referred to as “agile teams,’’ and CIO Laura Money believes they are “much more productive and can make things happen faster.” Not only that, but because these teams include consumers…
Analytics | Big Data The interruption in demand caused by COVID-19 and the subsequent excess of supply is putting pressure on the Gulf oil and gas sector to innovate and accelerate digital transformation, say a broad cross-section of industry insiders. It’s widely acknowledged that companies in the oil and gas industry were slow to adopt…
Digital twin definition Digital twins are real-time, virtual representations of objects, processes, and systems. While digital twins can represent purely digital things, they most frequently serve as a bridge between the physical and digital domains. For example, a digital twin could provide a digital view of the operations of a factory, communications network, or the…
Any misgivings enterprises may have once had about adopting open source software for critical corporate functions is long gone. Studies show that over 90% of IT leaders consider open source software “strategically important” and that more than 87% of enterprises are running applications today that are open source. Enterprises embark on open source journeys –…
Over the last two years, organizations have significantly accelerated their shift to the cloud. IT teams that hadn’t already started this process by 2020 were kickstarted by the global pandemic when they suddenly found themselves needing to support a remote workforce. This trend only increased in 2021 as more and more companies and employees realized…
As organizations continue to try and navigate rapid change, they are seeking out the right methods and tools to drive that success. And the organizations who are becoming more agile and able to navigate that challenge are the ones who are activating the support of their entire business. IDG’s recent MarketPulse Survey, “Empowering Business Users…
Today the CTO of NoBroker, Akhil Gupta discovered his passion for coding in the final year of his chemical engineering degree at IIT Bombay. During his campus placements he found a job, and so began his career in technology at Oracle. “It had an amazing boot camp period, and it was during those six months…
Digital Sense is well known among private sector enterprises and government agencies throughout Queensland for its full suite of cloud solutions. The company’s products and services address everything from data sovereignty and data protection to the demand for low-latency, cloud-native applications. We spoke with Digital Sense’s Head of Sales and Commercial Jon Pannell to learn…
Now that people are gradually returning to the office, people often describe the quite profound experiences they have in seeing coworkers ‘in 3D’ again after spending two years only seeing everyone as a flat tile in a video conferencing app. The audio never, ever drops out! You can see their full body language. You don’t…
As the broader labor market tightens, workers in the IT sector remain scarce with an unemployment rate of 2.2%. Along with software developers and security analysts, some of the hardest to find IT workers are QA professionals. Even more scarce is the true unicorn of the IT quality assurance world: the SDET (Software Development Engineer…