Cyberattacks on operational technology (OT) systems are rapidly rising. In fact, manufacturing was one of the sectors most impacted by extortion attacks last year, according to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, as reported in the 2023 Unit 42 Extortion and Ransomware Report. Attacks against OT systems can have a significant impact, including physical consequences such…
IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. But as digital transformation efforts have intensified in recent years, CIOs have had fewer opportunities to pause and reevaluate IT’s financial situation. “Some organizations have been innovating, transforming, and growing so fast that they haven’t had time to clear up…
Collaboration suites have an annoying blind spot: They don’t help employees bump into each other. Once upon a time we had “telecommuting” and it was controversial. Most managers and executives figured letting employees work from home was doing them a favor. But, filled with optimism bias, the IT industry busily crafted collaboration suites whose purpose…
Ever since SAP CEO Christian Klein (pictured) told financial analysts in July that the company would only offer its latest AI and “green ledger” innovations to customers running its flagship S/4HANA ERP platform through its subscription-only, cloud-based Rise with SAP offering, the company has been on the back foot. The move may have played well…
The Digital Future in Europe The future of European organisations and industries is looking increasingly digital and cloud-centric. According to Foundry’s Digital Business Study 2023, 91% of EMEA organisations have adopted or plan to adopt a digital-first business strategy. At the same time, Foundry’s Cloud Computing Study 2023 found that 71% of EMEA organisations are…
The data processing unit, or DPU, is a new class of programmable processor that enables servers to more efficiently move data, freeing up valuable CPU cycles and allowing services to be statefully embedded in the data center network. As the data center continues to evolve, the combination of CPU, GPU and DPU will be the pillars…
How do you improve efficiency without compromising quality? Achieving that goal has become even more essential and challenging for the wine industry in the face of climate change, increased competition on a world level, labor shortages, and other issues. Yet, one of the world’s largest wine producers is succeeding, paired with SAP. Founded in Chile more…
By: Scott Sellers, Co-Founder and CEO, Azul After almost 30 years, Java remains the programming language of choice for large-scale enterprise applications in the cloud, on-prem, or hybrid. Its versatility, reliability, stability, and open-source and third-party libraries and frameworks make developing and running applications very efficient. In January 2023, Oracle changed its licensing and/or pricing…
By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax One of the major findings of our recently released State of AI Innovation report was how bullish managers and technical practitioners were about generative AI enhancing, rather than threatening, their careers. A key reason why I think they’re right is generative AI’s ability to operate in useful…
CIOs today find themselves in a unique position to survey everything taking place across their organization, find opportunities, resolve conflicts, set priorities, and help shape strategy. In other words, they are uniquely situated to function as their companies’ de facto orchestrators-in-chief. “It’s really only the CIO and the CEO who have this perspective,” says Irving…