COVID’s erosion of informal mechanisms in the workplace has been a boon for enterprise service management (ESM) vendors. For example, if you worked on a large corporate campus pre-pandemic and had an HR question, you could literally wander the halls to find your answer. “That world is gone,” said Charles Betz, principal analyst covering infrastructure…
Data analytics is a domain in constant motion. Early in 2020, it seemed clear that organizations would continue to invest heavily in analytics to support their digital transformations. But the world of analytics and AI looks very different in March 2021 than it did in February 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced enterprises to adopt…
What separates AltaVista and Google? Faraday Future and Tesla? Blockbuster and Netflix? Some of those companies beat their illustrious competitors to market, some had more money and experience, but the story of business winners and losers often boils down to one thing: execution. “In 2016, it was estimated that 67% of well-formulated strategies failed due to poor…
It’s hard to calculate the value of work IT teams have performed, a task made more challenging by a global pandemic that redistributed teams remotely. Chipmaker Intel has taken a stab at this endeavor in announcing that its IT organization generated $1.6 billion of business value in 2020, COVID-19 outbreak notwithstanding. Intel’s IT department implemented…
Until recently, disruption in IT meant something very different than sending everybody home to work for a year. But the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the technology landscape, stalling some approaches and systems, while speeding the adoption of others. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story) Read More from This Article:…
Organizations struggled with getting remote workers enabled when the pandemic hit, and while many implemented Generation 1 approaches, a new wave of Generation 2 solutions is now becoming available that will require enterprises to rethink their existing implementations. Read More from This Article: The new workplace – moving to generation 2 for remote work and…
After publishing major upgrades of its IFS Applications suite every three years since 2012, enterprise software vendor IFS is switching to a six-month refresh cycle that will ensure that customers always have access to its latest features. “It is really the last big launch we will ever do,” said CEO Darren Roos, a former SAP…
Last month, the Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars following a six-and-half-month journey from Earth through space. Over the next Martian year (or, over 600 days here on Earth), the rover will search for signs of ancient life, collect data about the climate and geology on Mars and pave the way for human exploration of…
Most companies will face the moment where digital transformation will come to the top of the executive stack of priorities. Typically, one or two executives are selected as the sponsors tasked with putting together the business case and the team to lead the organization into the future. It is no secret that a high percentage…
The COVID-19 has significantly stressed the IT world, but it has also vindicated a range of infrastructure choices made by those who have been paying attention to emerging trends. The cloud for one has proved a panacea for many organizations weathering changes triggered by the pandemic. Automation as well has gained steam as enterprises took…