The development of artificial intelligence (AI) is galvanizing the economy, society and politics alike. In philosophical debates, people are still questioning whether the benefits of AI for humans outweigh the risks involved in its use. Undeterred by this, various AI applications such as machine learning and pattern recognition and prediction are increasingly making their way
It is imperative for financial institutions to stay competitive in digital financial services. Competition is on all sides, from new fintech startups to big tech companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google that are encroaching into financial services. The legacy systems that underpin large banks today are reliable and scalable, but they lack the agility and
On the IT side of your organization, the constant drumbeat around digitally transforming the company dominates conversations. Digital is not just an idea. It is part of the new DNA for organizational success—so much so that over 68% of publicly traded companies mention the progress of their digitally transforming activities in their quarterly filings, because
Two billion PCs and 42 billion connected Internet of Things devices will be part of our world by 2025. Nearly every device will work through the cloud in some way, and 80% of the data we all create, consume, and are part of will go through the 5G cloud. However, currently a mere 11.5% of
A combination of factors is driving more companies to digital transformations within cloud-based platforms such as Microsoft Office 365. Given that most large enterprises are already in the Microsoft cloud and many of them are currently planning M&A activities, you have a recipe for significant levels of tenant-to-tenant migrations. And with the exponential growth of
As more organizations adapt to remote work options, supporting employees will require more than just providing tools and enforcing policies. With many employees suddenly working from home, there are things an organization can do to help their teams remain productive without increasing cybersecurity risks. While employees in this new remote work situation will be thinking
Active Directory (AD) is the backbone of your enterprise Microsoft infrastructure, providing authentication and authorization for every critical resource across your environment. Maintaining the health of your production AD environment is key to its performance, availability and security, and also crucial for preventing roadblocks to significant IT changes like adding new applications, network upgrades, cloud
Day One of your merger or acquisition is in the books. You pushed hard to integrate your identity and messaging so that your users could start collaborating right out of the gate. You’ve set things up so that users can look each other up in a shared directory, send emails back and forth, schedule meetings,
Notes and Domino has been an incredibly powerful and useful enterprise platform for several decades and may, or may not, continue to flourish under new ownership by HCL. “We believe the time is right to divest…” — IBM’s Senior VP of Cognitive Solutions and Research Many clients worldwide find themselves having to make a strategic
Laying the proper foundation to migrate 10,000 email users on a weekly basis is much like building a house or in this case a factory. The most successful builders know that planning, staging and choosing the right tools and materials are more important to achieving success than the construction itself. There is no difference when