ESG Brief The Importance of a Common Distributed Data Services Layer

Introduction Modern business requires organizations to deliver a positive digital experience for both customers and employees. To do this, many organizations are embarking on digital transformation initiatives. Only 13% of respondents to ESG research describe their digital transformation initiatives as mature, while another 82% indicate that they have started or are planning their digital transformations.1 […]

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Enterprise data warehouse optimization

Introduction The enterprise data warehouse (EDW) has been at the cornerstone of enterprise data strategies for over 20 years. EDW systems have traditionally been built on relatively costly hardware infrastructures. But ever-growing data volume and increasingly complex processing have raised the cost of EDW software and hardware licenses while impacting the performance needed for analytic […]

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Enabling a distributed workforce with SD-WAN

Information Enterprises today are transforming. They’re becoming more nimble and distributed, with a changing workforce and an expanding list of applications. And with this transformation, they face radically changing network requirements at the branch — which can now be anything from a regional headquarters or remote clinic to a kiosk in a mall, or even […]

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Drive success for your business and IT with workplace flexibility

Introduction Meeting the changing needs, preferences, and expectations of the workforce is a constant theme in today’s IT organizations. To attract in-demand talent, you have to give people the work experience they demand — mobile, flexible, and seamlessly intuitive. What’s often overlooked is the real value that workplace flexibility can drive for the business. Studies […]

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Discovering trust in your data and security

Introduction The results presented in this report are based on a mobile-only, 23-question global survey. This survey targeted Manager, Director, Vice President or C-Level executives with influence in the decision-making process of cloud solutions, platforms, and infrastructure or department specific software. Respondents worked within organisations generating revenues between less than £1 million to more than […]

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Digital Transformation Success Requires a SMART NETWORK EDGE

Introduction The digital era has arrived and is changing the business landscape faster than ever. This is why digital transformation has become a top mandate for almost every IT and business leader. The ZK Research 2018 IT Priorities Survey found that 89% of businesses currently have digital transformation initiatives underway (Exhibit 1), up from 84% […]

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Developing trust in your people data

Introduction The results presented in this report are based on a mobile-only, 23-question global survey. This survey targeted Manager, Director, Vice President or C-Level executives with influence in the decision-making process of cloud solutions, platforms, and infrastructure or department specific software. Respondents worked within organisations generating revenues between less than £1 million to more than […]

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De-Risking Hybrid, Multi-Cloud Analytics

Introduction A decade on, enterprises are still figuring out how to manage risk in the cloud. Risks that used to predominate in the imagination of the enterprise subscriber—namely, concerns about the availability, reliability, cost, and security of cloud services—are no longer perceived as, well, quite so risky. This paper outlines a positive, constructive program an […]

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Creating a future proof banking IT strategy

Introduction The traditional image of a bank will soon be consigned to history. Banking is rapidly becoming something personalised, flexible, reliable, secure and always on. From the remotest corners of the world’s emerging markets to the beating heart of big business, banking is being transformed by one, distinct theme: digital technology. For those leading the […]

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