Ben Rossi
Information Age
United Kingdom
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3 trends that could aid information management
'These three trends show that companies will need more and more sophisticated systems that can combine all the data they have within their organisations' → Read More
Women in IT Awards USA: finalists revealed
The world’s largest tech diversity awards event today reveals the finalists for its inaugural USA program, which will gather top leaders from America’s technology sector to further efforts to tackle the industry’s diversity challenges. The Women in IT Awards is the technology world’s most prominent and influential diversity program. Held for the last four years → Read More
Why creating a more diverse organisation is a journey every business should be on
Linda Aiello, VP of employee success for EMEA at Salesforce, explains why diversity is not only the right thing to do but is also vital for any innovative, successful business today → Read More
5 factors defining digital transformation in 2018
Businesses are beginning to establish a virtuous circle of the right processes, practices and methodologies to support digital innovation and deliver digital products and services that continue to exceed user expectations → Read More
How to monetise AI with a reboot in design
Less than five years ago, the artificial intelligence (AI) market was valued at a few hundred million dollars. By current estimates, the AI market is projected by analysts to reach somewhere between $30 billion and $50 billion by 2020. That’s just a couple of years away. The rate of adoption in both product development and → Read More
Trust is critical as GDPR opens the customer information floodgates
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) strengthens and unifies data protection for EU citizens and – crucially – gives individuals the power to decide which brands can use their personal data, and for what reasons. Companies that fail to comply with the regulation, or fail to report instances of data breaches within 72 → Read More
Beware the promise of a digital silver bullet
An effective and focused digital transformation will be at the heart of ensuring your business achieve its full potential, and with such a prize at stake, it’s easy for leaders to be seduced by the idea of a digital silver bullet that solves every problem. But digital is different for everybody, and sadly no such → Read More
Managing hybrid and multi-cloud: agent or agentless?
The core principles behind agent and agentless are straightforward. The agent approach is the more traditional procedure for data gathering and involves the installation of software (agents) on all computers from which data is required. Sometimes, the installation process is performed manually for each computer, while other times it is automated via a centralised installation → Read More
The industries winning the AI arms race
Technology revolutions come in waves. From the transition of an agrarian based economy to the industrial age, and from the impact of electricity, telecommunications, the microprocessor and of course the internet. However, in today’s digital era the impact of technology innovation is more than a wave; it’s all-embracing transformation. While integration and convergence offer up → Read More
5 technology trends impacting the CFO in 2018
As the business world accelerates towards an everything-as-a-service economy, the next few years will be pivotal for organisations and their finance departments in making the transformations necessary to update their offerings and ability to deliver service excellence. Several trends are converging over the next few years that could set the stage for a successful → Read More
Cloud computing: myths vs realities
When hackers raided Equifax’s system, they absconded with the personal data of 143 million individuals. In the blink of an eye, a group of people nearly half the size of the US population had their identities stolen from one of the three major credit bureaus. Several Equifax executives resigned, but the fallout remains. The → Read More
Can smaller companies manage with GDPR?
We are now around six months away from the GDPR day of reckoning in May 2018, when organisations all around the world will have to comply with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Yet there is still a sense that many firms are some way from being ready. For example, a recent DMA → Read More
How digital skills in apprenticeships can prevent a skills blackout
How digital-focused apprenticeships could be the answer to the current skills crisis in the UK → Read More
Digital transforms higher education business models – Gartner
Higher education CIOs recognise that key organisational priorities are enrolment and student success, but fail to show innovation with regard to the top technologies required to differentiate themselves and win, according Gartner. In a study by the analyst firm, which quizzed 247 higher education CIOs, a majority of respondents (59%) said there will be significant → Read More
Are you ready to deal with a data breach?
This month, Yahoo! confessed to having compromised the account details of all three billion of its customers, making the 2013 incident the largest cyber-attack in history. But what’s surprising is that it’s taken four years for the company to admit to this. Why the long delay? Before that, TalkTalk was heavily criticised for a similarly → Read More
Why AI taking our jobs is a blessing in disguise
Artificial intelligence (AI) can not only increase efficiency and cost effectiveness, but it also allows humans to focus on what they’re good at: thinking creatively and beyond data. However, a big problem today is that the AI that is supplanting humans is all-too-often anthropomorphised. Just take Albert, the robot that lingerie giant Cosabella now employs → Read More
5 questions that’ll test a GDPR specialist’s credentials
Despite all the noise around GDPR, there’s still a lack of clarity on how organisations can actually achieve compliance. The waters are being muddied further by increasing numbers of instant ‘experts’ claiming that they alone have the magic bullet to address GDPR requirements. Many companies are also asserting they can make organisations GDPR compliant – fast, but without → Read More
The hidden opportunities in GDPR
The most pressing issues facing companies today include the impending arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the unprecedented rise in cybercrime and the increasing opportunities of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) that promise to get companies closer to their customers and deliver a superior personalised service. With scaremongering about GDPR in full swing, → Read More
The changing face of the insurance industry: digital transformation
New digital technologies and improved network connections over the last decade have provided businesses across industries with the tools they need to improve customer relationships by elevating customisation and delivering a higher level of service. The expectations of customers have now changed. The millennial generation for instance has largely grown up with digital technology and → Read More
Majority of drone owners are men over 50 years old
The majority of drone users in the UK are over 50 and male, according to new research. The study by DronesDirect.co.uk found that over-55s are most likely to own a drone (31%), followed by people aged 45-54 are the next most likely to buy one (28%). Just one in ten consumers aged 18 to 24 → Read More