Business & Industry
Digital Transformation 2020
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What makes a successful digital transformation?
Companies are increasingly turning to digital transformation to give them the agility they need to survive – but how do you deliver success? Richard Taylor, partner at UK headquartered management and IT consultancy, The Birchman Group, says: “We see very clear evidence that when the business owns the Digital Transformation strategy and leads the change...
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Digital transformation is more human powered than data driven
Tangible business transformation comes from investing in data analytics and empowering employees to deliver change says, analytic process automation experts, Alteryx. Every industry in every country is undergoing digital transformation, but organisations only truly transform when their business processes are changed, frequently beyond recognition. Alan Jacobson, chief data and analytics officer at business process automation...
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COVID-19 and the cloud: digital transformation in the public sector
The world has changed faster in the last few months than any of us could ever have imagined. And as part of this, we have seen a massive shift in the way public sector organisations are delivering citizen services. We’ve seen emergency hospitals set up, staff enabled to work from home and critical new services...
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Digital adoption is the key to rebuilding after COVID-19
COVID-19 has seen many businesses fundamentally change how they operate. Firms are embracing innovation as never before. COVID-19 has seen many businesses fundamentally change how they operate. Firms are embracing innovation as never before, many innovating to survive. A recent Be the Business survey said businesses actioned three years of innovation plans in just three...
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Accelerating digital inclusion and 5G deployment in the new normal
COVID-19 has achieved in weeks what would have taken years for digital adoption. But it has also exposed gaps and has given a newfound sense of urgency to the digital inclusion agenda. In April, a number of governments joined the joint World Economic Forum, World Bank, ITU GSMA Call for Action[1], which outlined a number...
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Creating a digital nation
A lot is happening this year: COVID-19; the reduced role of Huawei; the need for a diverse telecoms supply chain; the burning of telecoms masts and anti-5G myth making. And, we’ll soon be leaving the EU for real, so, all things considered, there is a lot at stake and significant risk for the UK’s progress...
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Using 5G slicing to innovate across industries
Many products are offered in slices: pizza, a slice of pie – and 5G networks. However, it is not as simple as one might expect to deliver slices of pizza or pie to the satisfaction of customers. So, if it takes proper planning and management to offer pizza by the slice, imagine the complexity of...
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How do we maintain momentum in digital transformation?
As a result of the pandemic, our use of technology changed overnight, with it playing a vital role in keeping us connected and our businesses functioning. The pandemic, and the speed at which technology was thrust to the forefront of our lives, really put rocket boosters under elements of tech deployment that already had some...
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How digital teams across government stepped up to confront coronavirus
Coronavirus was and is a public health emergency. It’s not the first the UK has faced in its long history, and it may not be the last. But, the government’s latest response had an important difference to that of centuries gone by: the role of digital. The nature of the pandemic robbed everyone of face-to-face...
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Add cloud telephony to Microsoft Teams to drive business performance
Organisations that have adopted Microsoft Teams for internal collaboration should consider using the platform to move their enterprise telephony into the cloud, says communications services provider LoopUp. Organisations can improve external collaboration and communication by using the Microsoft Teams platform as a solution for business telephony. Cloud-based communications solutions are increasing in popularity as working...