Digital Transformation Is People And Culture
According to a new study from Forbes, Digital Transformation is as much about the transformation of how individuals work, and the cultures of organizations, as it is about technology. Simeon Preston, chief operations officer of AIA Digital, says transformation uses technology as a means, not an end. “… we don’t think of it as just a digital transformation… we’re driving an end-to-end business transformation…”
Very Few Enterprise Apps Comply With Upcoming Apple Security Mandate
Apple is making a series of security changes for the New Year – yet according to new research from Appthority, only 3 percent of enterprise apps are fully compliant with the new security mandate. The research, which examined the top 200 iOS apps installed on enterprise devices worldwide, showed a relatively meagre proportion of apps which fully meet App Transport Security data encryption requirements.
Report Argues Inflection Point With SharePoint Development Imminent
SharePoint developers are aware they need to learn new skills but do not have sufficient training while upgrading SharePoint is not in the short-term plans of many businesses. Those were among the key findings from a new report released by Rencore on SharePoint and Office 365 development best practices. The study elicited more than 1,200 responses, of which almost two thirds were either architects or developers, and found something of an inflection point when it comes to enterprise collaboration warhorse SharePoint.
Deloitte’s CIO Report – Culture And Talent Present A Digital Obstacle
The 2016–2017 UK edition of Deloitte’s CIO survey is entitled Navigating Legacy: Charting The Course To Business Value. Though the 68 page report is heavy with digital buzzwords, the data speaks to the dilemmas CIOs continue to face between operational duties and deepening their business relevance. Deloitte compiled the survey with “in-depth interviews and online surveys” of more than 1,200 CIOs from 48 countries and 23 industries. Perhaps the survey’s biggest takeaway: “expectation gaps” between what IT is able to currently deliver and what the business expects are often wide. Examples:
Microsoft Completes $26 Billion LinkedIn Social Network Acquisition
Two days after the transaction was cleared by the European Commission, Microsoft declared it had signed and sealed its $26 billion deal to acquire the LinkedIn social network. Microsoft first announced its intent to acquire the professional and career-focused social network nearly six months ago, on June 13.
Financial Firms Lead The Digital Transformation Race
Most enterprises are somewhere on the path to digital transformation, but some are further along than others. Ovum’s ICT Enterprise Insights 2017 report reveals that 90 percent of enterprises have settled on a digital transformation strategy. Yet relatively few have made it past the early stages.
AI, VR, Chatbots To Take Off In 2017 Microsoft Researchers Predict
A new year is quickly approaching and Microsoft Research is offering a glimpse at what the tech scene has in store for 2017 along with some hints at the Redmond, Wash., tech giant’s own priorities for the coming year. This year, the company gathered prominent women researchers to share their thoughts on what to expect next year. Surprising nobody’s who’s been following Microsoft’s software and cloud computing strategy of late, the company is betting big on artificial intelligence.
What’s Up With Digital Transformation?
Some enterprise executives may rightly be confused by the whole concept of “digital transformation.” Digital technology has been a common facet of the enterprise for decades, so what exactly is being transformed? In a nutshell, the difference this time is that rather than using digital technology to support and streamline existing business processes like sales, support and customer relations, the processes themselves are becoming digitized into services.
HPE CTO Sees A Hybrid Future On The Edge And In The Cloud
If you’re not yet 100 percent clear on the future direction of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which separated a year ago from the high-volume printers-and-PCs business of HP Inc, you’re not alone. Its leadership may claim to have set out a clear vision to become “the industry’s leading provider of hybrid IT” across on-premise data centers, multi-cloud and “the intelligent edge” of distributed networks and IoT. But how that will work in practice is still in the throes of being defined.
Google Lets Developers Build ‘Conversation Actions’ For Google Home
Google is opening up Google Home for third-party developers who want to engage with customers through the voice-activated Google Assistant. Developers can now build “Conversation Actions ” for Google Home — Google’s voice-activated speaker, which competes with Amazon’s Echo — using Actions on Google, the developer platform for the Google Assistant. Once a Conversation Action is ready, users simply need to ask Google Home for a specific action by name to be connected immediately — there’s no need to install an app or enable a skill.
10 Success Factors For Deploying Software Robots In The Enterprise
A relatively new sector is coming to life before our eyes within enterprises, particularly those with large, complex back-end operations: robotic process automation. This is happening in the financial services, healthcare, energy and insurance verticals, to name a few. The implementation of software robotics and smart technologies helps free a workforce from routine, mundane tasks while improving efficiencies, data accuracy and compliance.
BlackBerry Folds Security Acquisitions Into ‘Enterprise Of Things’ Platform
BlackBerry has taken its first major step to fold its most recent acquisitions into a single product. Over the past two years BlackBerry has acquired six companies in an effort to build up its arsenal of software security technology. On Thursday, the company announced it is bringing all of them under one platform called BlackBerry Secure.
SAP Turns To New Partners To Help Build Successful IoT Ecosystem
SAP is convinced the burgeoning Internet of Things market gives it opportunities to strengthen its relationship with existing customers and expand its reach into new markets — that’s why the enterprise giant is committing $2.2 billion to its IoT portfolio.
Google Has Rebranded Android For Work
Google today announced that it’s changing the names of its services for pushing Android apps in enterprises. Google Play for Work, a tool that organizations can use to distribute public and private Android apps to employees’ devices, will now be called just Google Play. Android for Work, which keeps business and personal apps and content separate, from here on out will be just Android.
More Samsung Foldable Phone Rumors
Samsung foldable phone rumors might be forming a bit more solidity. As originally reported by the South Korea-based Electronic Times and spotted by Android Headlines, the company is developing a pair of foldable dual-screen phones for possible release next year. The company seems eager to move beyond traditional handset designs—and perhaps away from products associated with exploding batteries.
The Network Will Drive The Digital Future
“We are at an inflection point as digital transformation efforts shift from ‘project’ or ‘initiative’ status to strategic business imperative. Every (growing) enterprise, regardless of age or industry, must become ‘digital native’ in the way its executives and employees think, what they produce, and how they operate,” according to Frank Gens, Senior Vice President and Chief Analyst at IDC.
Amazon Tests New Retail Consumer Checkout System
Amazon is experimenting with a grocery store in Seattle that allows shoppers to pull food items out of cases or off the shelves and leave the store with them. The checkout counter is non-existent. It’s a “just walk out” shopping experience.
Google Makes Move Into Low Code App Space With App Maker
Google has announced the launch of App Maker, marking its entry in the low-code app development platform market. The product, which runs on the same infrastructure as G Suite – Google’s selection of apps including Gmail, Drive, and Calendar – offers a drag and drop UI editor, as well as support for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript standards among others.
Apple’s iOS Makes Big Strides In U.S., Kantar Reports
Apple’s iOS claimed 40.5 percent of the U.S. smartphone market for the three months ending in October, according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, marking the platform’s biggest gains in its home market in more than two years. The operating system’s market was up from 33.5 percent a year ago and was the highest share since Apple owned 42.8 percent of the U.S. smartphone market during the three months ending January 2015.
AT&T Teams With Intel, Ericsson In First Business Customer 5G Field Trial
AT&T is leaving the lab and heading to the field with Intel in its first 5G business customer trial at an Intel office setting in Austin, Texas. It’s the first trial of its kind, according to AT&T’s knowledge, and will provide more than a gigabit per second bandwidth to let AT&T test multiple enterprise proof-of-concept use cases, including internet access, VPN, Unified Communications applications and 4K video streams, the company said in a blog post.
Intel, Microsoft Renew ‘Wintel’ Partnership
Recently, Microsoft and Intel reforged their traditional “Wintel” partnership with a collaboration called “Project Evo” in which the two companies said that they will work together to improve how PCs think, see and hear. Their initiatives include everything from improved security and authentication to gaming innovations and “mixed reality” experiences.
