Speaking to over fifty companies both in Europe and in the USA, the conclusions of our most recent research have made for sobering reading. Over the last decade the large majority of S&P500 and FTSE100 companies have averaged less than 5% annual growth in revenues. Much of the current growth is ...
Why automate? Most financial services companies have evolved over decades through multiple acquisitions and consolidations and often support 10-20 different systems and processes. This leads to a high degree of operational complexity and associated inefficiencies. The era of business reengineering ...
The first part of this article discussed the changes in infrastructure, where it fits in the broader ‘digitisation’ journey, what are the likely future requirements for modern infrastructures and how technologies will offer solutions to such new demands. This second part will focus on the ...
Is this the right time to review your infrastructure? New technologies and applications that affect core infrastructure are developing at an accelerating pace. The combination of software-defined networks (SD-WAN), multi-cloud services, collaborative tools, Internet of Things (IoT) and digital ...
A revolution in mobile communications Just ten years ago we recollect a corporate environment where staff were restricted to just one corporate device – typically a Blackberry or iPhone handset. Such devices were used exclusively for email and telephony, and traffic was directed over secure, ...
According to Lt General Kevin McLaughlin, former Deputy Commander of U.S. Cyber Command who attended this round table, the last decade has seen a rapid increase in hostile attacks from states such as China, Iran, North Korea and Russia. In his own words,
Fifteen digital leaders gathered in Oslo in January to discuss the topic of Intelligent Automation. The focus for the evening’s round table was how to build a practical roadmap to achieve successful business outcomes in this rapidly advancing area of digital transformation. Jan-Olav Styrvold led ...
Much hype has been generated over Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recent months. The prospect of a ‘Digital Workforce’ is on everybody’s lips. But just how real is this prospect, and what forces might bring RPA and AI into common use? So far, expectation and ...
Much is spoken today about the increase in business uncertainty, or what is commonly called the VUCA World. At few points in history have we seen such profound change occurring in every aspect of our lives, from political upheavals (Trump and Brexit) and social change (rise of Millennials) to ...
The CIO of a global trading house has adopted a ‘cloud-first’ policy. However, the move has created dramatic variations in monthly bills. Under public cloud it has become almost impossible to predict annual IT operating costs.
CIONET UK initiates Platform discussion Last October 25 senior business and IT executives gathered at the first CIONET UK discussion dinner in London to hear Dr Ben Eaton of the University of Surrey describe what is meant by ‘Company as a Platform’.
Just last week one of the UK’s largest departmental stores, House of Fraser (39 major stores, and a 100-year vintage) narrowly avoided bankruptcy when Mike Ashley of Sports Direct paid just £90m for the assets. This is merely the latest in a series of failures that include Maplin, Toys ‘R’ Us, BHS ...
British start-up Ocado lost half a million in 2017 on turnover of £1.3B. But investors rushed to provide a further £150M for robotic warehouse investments during the year. The shares doubled in just one day when founder and CEO Tim Steiner announced a deal with retailer, Kruger, to implement twenty ...
