Getting ahead and staying ahead in today’s fast-changing world
Two sets of dynamics impact your technology agenda today, and each drives continuous change in the other. On the one hand demands from the business are constantly changing, while on the other the march of technology and new ways of exploiting it never stops. Against this background, success depends on looking ahead, anticipating developments on each side of the equation, and acting proactively.
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IT Sustainability: Passive vs Active Gains
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Mainframe skills; time to flip the telescope around?
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Breaking Free From Vendor Lock-in with Managed Services
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S/4HANA Migration: Is Selective Transformation the Answer?
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IT transformation fatigue? Time to bust those big bang blues
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The IT Sustainability Paradox
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Mainframes and workload placement: Time for a dose of objectivity?
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What are you doing to ensure your IT suppliers work for you?
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The mainframe skills crunch; an outsider vs insider perspective
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Taking IT Cost Tracking and FinOps to the next level
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Mainframe Skills: Challenge or Opportunity?
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IT Governance for Today and Tomorrow: Minimum Viable Principles
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It’s Time to Raise the Bar on Observability
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Getting the most from your key suppliers
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Evaluating the Potential of Hyper-Converged Storage
What to consider when planning for modern IT and the hybrid cloud era
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What does “Investment in Generative AI” actually mean?
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Custom chatbots and model gardens: putting Private AI to work
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Understanding the rise and role of Private AI
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Kubernetes as an enterprise multi-cloud enabler
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A straightforward look at SAP master data automation
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Automation of SAP Master Data Management
Solving the dirty data dilemma and laying the foundations for continuous change and optimisation
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Time to sound the alarm as AI hype catches fire
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An AI crash is coming: don’t let it drag you down
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Are tech vendors pulling their weight on fixing fragmented IT?
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Standardized solution implementation services
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Trust: easy to lose, hard to recover
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Dealing with the growing problem of edge and IoT sprawl
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The global information access opportunity
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From good intentions to tangible results through smart systems selection
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To maximise potential, mainframers must reach out and engage
The team here has always had immense respect for the mainframe community
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Kubernetes and the open-source maintainer question
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S/4HANA without compromise
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VMware’s breadth and depth impresses, but is it still a safe bet?
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Supporting the needs of highly unpredictable workloads
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The modern SD-WAN advantage
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Manufacturers in a world of constant change
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Like a teenager, Kubernetes looks almost grown-up, yet still a bit awkward and confused
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‘Traditional’ is not a dirty word
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Hybrid working isn’t turning out as expected
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Modernizing the digital workplace
Accelerating your desktop delivery in the post-pandemic era
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Is the commodity server bandwagon running out of steam?
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One SSD to ruler them all
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