Month: November 2019

Implementing even the most modern collaboration tool usually comes with a few technical considerations IT must address including: Installation, updates, and support Integrating with existing applications Device compatibility and management Network performance tuning VoIP and video quality of service Storage of chat files, video recording, and project files Citrix Workspace solves for all of this […]

All companies plan, but not all companies plan well. One key area that sets organizations apart from the rest of the pack is a connected, comprehensive approach to sales and operations planning (S&OP). S&OP is a monthly integrated business management process that empowers leadership to focus on key supply chain drivers, including sales, marketing, demand […]

Digital Demand Management with the Anaplan platform facilitates a connected, seamless exchange of information, ideas and solutions. Why is it still difficult to achieve effective supply chain collaboration? Despite all the efforts to develop collaborative supply chains, they have been elusive because many supply chains continue to be managed in a linear, disconnected way. At […]

Innovation requires many ingredients: a great idea, creativity, persistence, the right data, and technology. Governments around the world are taking advantage of the cloud to reduce cost and transform the way they deliver on their mission. The expectations of an increasingly digital citizenry are high, yet all levels of government face budgetary and human resource […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers scalable, cost-efficient cloud services that public sector customers can use to meet mandates, reduce costs, drive efficiencies, and accelerate innovation. The procurement of an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud is unlike traditional technology purchasing. Traditional public sector procurement and contracting approaches that are designed to purchase products, such as […]

Government agencies often look to promote new technology for cost-savings and efficiency, but it does not stop there. The second and third-tier effects of technology can be long lasting for citizens, businesses, and economies. When public institutions adopt the cloud, they experience an internal transformation. Inside an organization, cloud usage drives greater accessibility of data […]

City leaders around the world are working to improve the quality of life and increase the number of useful services for their citizens, businesses, and visitors. Smart city initiatives are gaining attention in several countries, as administrators, industry, and citizens are working together to enhance their communities, cities, regions, and nations. After more than ten […]

Data, and the technology used to collect it and turn it into insights, are a means to an end: to better serve residents. Cloud technology allows city leaders to focus on serving residents by offering a reliable and secure infrastructure to administer services. The cloud ensures data privacy and allows leaders to focus their time […]

Implementing Detective Controls to Cover All Your Bases Organizations also need detective controls to review and monitor user access and activity for anomalies that need investigation. In other words, it’s not enough to simply define access controls and forget about them. Too many factors in the environment are constantly changing (users, applications, directories, etc.), and […]

Data is undoubtedly the focal point of unstructured data management, but in order to manage unstructured data effectively, identity governance expertise and processes are required. Specifically, the IAM group plays a central role to ensure that:  All high-risk, sensitive unstructured data has an appropriate access control model in place.  Access to sensitive data is granted […]