The value of digital transformation for small businesses Digital transformation refers to the overall change of organisational activities aimed at leveraging opportunities created by digital technologies and data. This requires companies to profoundly transform their business models, infrastructure, processes and culture in order to steer them toward finding new sources of customer value. The use…
What are the most desirable skills of the next decade? For years, everyone predicted that automation would be the decade’s great disruptor. They weren’t wrong – but they also couldn’t have foreseen COVID coming. Together, the two have pushed digital transformation into overdrive, sending the workforce scrambling to keep up. The fallout is expected to…
The 6 things small businesses need to know about security Entrepreneurs and SMBs can do a lot to build strong shields and mitigate the risk of breaches, in addition to minimising the damage if a breach occurs. To help your company develop a stronger cybersecurity posture, six security professionals provided some of their most useful…
You’re going to be hacked: Why professional service should take cyber security seriously The business of cyberattacks is booming. Every day, malicious software trawls the internet searching for vulnerabilities to exploit, and this software doesn’t discriminate by location, or organisation size. The numbers are scary: Recent research from the IBM and Ponemon Institute estimates the average cost…
10 innovative 5G use cases: What 5G is actually capable of 5G use cases will pave the way for automated vehicles, smart cities, automated factories and a new wave of business communications. According to the results of a study by Accenture, 79% of businesses worldwide believe that 5G will have a significant impact on their organisation. And…
What devices do you need to head off the unexpected in 2021? Anticipating what’s around the corner may continue to be impossible. Fortunately for small businesses, the market’s near-limitless device options give them an opportunity to respond more nimbly, so long as they select the right ones. If choosing tech for the year ahead feels…
5 analyst predictions on the CIO role in 2021 CIOs spent 2020 responding to urgent calls for operations support. They led expedited tech stack transformations to meet surges in website traffic. They guided the rapid adoption of automation in the call center. They upheld the technologies that supported simultaneous work from home at an unprecedented scale. But what…
CES 2021: 4 Key Takeaways For Brands How do you squeeze 60 football fields into inches? By taking the world’s largest trade show, stretching about 3 million square feet, boasting a 170,000-strong attendance and turning it into an all-digital format. In 2021, technologists, marketers and gadget geeks assembled remotely for a virtual CES. The following…
5 long-term tech changes set in motion this year Another year, another technology roundup. However this list, much like the past few months, is anything but ordinary. We’ve all had to work against the clock to develop new processes and protocols to keep our companies on track, even as the virus shut down offices and…
The “hindsight 20-20” view of 2020s most promising tech This year was as unpredictable as they come. Still, it didn’t stop tech analysts from forecasting the industry’s next big thing. How close were their predictions? That depends on the trend. Some, like digital security demands, were spot on. Others that sounded more far-fetched remained just…