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Data is the foundation to drive smarter decisions and fuel transformation. However, whilst 90% of business leaders list improving data as a top priority, only 15% of them are actually getting what they need from their data. That’s where AI comes in.   The IT market is shifting towards insight-driven self-service analytics and transformational business...

As organisations look to accelerate business and remain competitive, they are increasingly adopting digital innovation initiatives. As a result, business applications and data are dispersed far and wide, away from the corporate premises, giving workers access to more corporate assets from any location. But as the traditional perimeter is dissolving, the internal network is put...

To accelerate business and remain competitive, organisations are rapidly adopting digital innovation (DI) initiatives. This means business applications and data are now dispersed far and wide, away from the corporate premises, giving workers access to more corporate assets from many locations. For this reason, the traditional perimeter is dissolving, which opens the internal network to...

The sudden transition to a brave new business world may not have happened in the way it was supposed to – but the new normal is here and the ability for IT leaders to keep delivering the best value is more challenged than ever. SCC and IBM are helping organisations to identify the business outcomes...

COVID-19 has changed everything – from social distancing becoming the new norm to constant sanitisation, broken supply chains and widespread homeworking. These changes have been devastating to many industries – highlighting the fragility of business models and holes in security networks. They also represent an opportunity for businesses to evolve and become better – but...

In the new data era, the combination of massive amounts of data and unparalleled technology innovation has given businesses of all sizes the opportunity to become disruptive, digital powerhouses. But despite this potential, many learn that digital transformation can be complex and challenging.   —   The Challenges     #1   Data has become...

Summary As your business’ operations start to grow, so do your IT systems. This in itself can present challenges and put immense pressure on your IT infrastructure when trying to meet business-critical objectives. Particular points of pressure that you may be facing can include: – Increase of IT infrastructure costs – Need for rapid application...

A new survey suggests that the number of organisations planning to migrate core IT infrastructure to the cloud will considerably rise next year. The report surveyed more than 200 govtech leaders responsible for cloud services and technology transformation and found that 80% of public sector organisations plan to migrate in the next 18 months. Respondents...

In recent years data centres have become increasingly important to businesses of all sizes, as a higher volume of customers choose to host their IT systems with a third party provider. These third parties have purpose built, high specification, secure facilities, which are seen as a more desirable option, rather than committing to the considerable...

A modern business needs a modern data centre. Yet, many enterprises are still quibbling over making the decision to co-locate. Over the years, organisations have capitalised heavily into specific network, storage and computing capabilities, creating a data centre unique to them, in which to manage and host their applications. Hardware and software aren’t the only...

In the last decade, converged systems have revolutionised the world of data centre management. They have transformed the now-defined ‘traditional approach’, which sees a huge amount of business time poured into choosing storage, servers and networking software, to then spend even more time testing and deploying it. Plus, when support is needed, multiple vendors need...