I was recently at a dinner party where another guest asked me to explain what I do for work. When I mentioned that part of my job involves thought leadership around digital trends like generative AI, the first comment was, “Wow, you must be busy this year.” It’s a natural conclusion to come to: Even…
Organizations face persistent challenges in achieving, and more importantly, sustaining Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance. Due to the burgeoning number of competing regulatory requirements, organizations often find themselves overwhelmed with PCI security complexity and repeat failures in sustaining compliance, resulting in compliance fatigue. Two influential thought leaders of our time offer…
With about 3,800 staff and operations across Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, Baptcare is a purpose-driven non-profit providing residential and community aged care, as well as support to children, families, and people seeking asylum. How all those demands dovetail into IT is testament to the work fulfilled by CIO Suzanne Hall and her team. “Being…
Brian Lillie is president of Private Cloud at Rackspace and had previous technology leadership roles at Equinix, Verisign, SGI, and the United States Air Force, so he’s worked hard to define his leadership style. The first step was to define his purpose. After leaving Equinix in 2019, he hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain,…
Most enterprises are committed to a digital strategy and looking for ways to improve the productivity of their workforce. At the same time, developers are scarce, and the demand for new software is high. This has spurred interest around understanding and measuring developer productivity, says Keith Mann, senior director, analyst, at Gartner. “Organizations need to…
Each year, Americans take billions of trips on buses, light rail, subways, trains and other public transit modalities. So it’s not surprising the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Law earmarked $91 billion in guaranteed funding for public transportation, with priority areas of public safety, climate, transport equity and investing in new public transportation technology. Though traveling by public transportation is…
Portland Opportunities Industrial Center and Rosemary Anderson High School (POIC + RAHS) has a long name, but a simple, powerful mission: helping at-risk youth and adults be safe and successful. This thriving non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon provides a diverse range of much-needed services, including alternative education, public safety and violence intervention, and job…
The May 2021 release of Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, the growing attack surface due to cloud adoption, and the January 2022 Federal Zero Trust memorandum have all added urgency to the federal government’s move to implement better network security through solutions based in Zero Trust architecture. With initiatives such as the Cloud Smart strategy and agencies like…
Over the last few years, it has become more and more apparent that the status quo for networking and security is no longer viable. Endlessly extending hub-and-spoke networks to more remote users, branch offices, and cloud apps increases risk, harms the user experience, and is prohibitively complex and expensive. The same is true when relying…
In 2019, advanced aquatic engine technology provider YANMAR Marine International was all at sea, or in a state of confusion. The company had outgrown its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, with its legacy processes outdated and no longer supported. The tech structure was largely manual, requiring employees to enter data in multiple places. As a result, inputs were…