Are IT samurais an endangered species?
You might recall earlier this year we asked, “Are you a samurai CIO or a ninja CIO?” We went on to explain that these were Gartner’s metaphors for the two aspects of what it called bimodal IT.
Digital denial documented
Global software company, Progress, has undertaken a survey to assess organisations’ approach towards and progress with digital transformation. It finds a significant percentage of them in ‘digital denial’.
Migrating to Office 365?Here’s some recommended reading
Contemplating the move to Office 365? You’ll find no end of free advice on the web in the form of whitepapers and a few cautions.
Lanrex helps Aussie engineering firm go all-cloud
IT services company Lanrex has helped Australian engineering firm UES move its entire IT infrastructure to the cloud, replacing all its software with new cloud-based applications.
Implementing the digital workplace
A few weeks ago on this blog, we had a crack at defining a digital workplace or workspace. We had a look at a few of the definitions to be found on the Net, and we made the point that, regardless of the precise definition, the aim is to enable employees to use any device – desktop, laptop, tablet, phone – anywhere and to have the experience be as near as possible identical, regardless of device or location.
Anticipating Microsoft Dynamics 365
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Microsoft is whipping up interest in its latest cloud-based enterprise application offering – Dynamics 365 — ahead of its launch, expected to be at the Dynamic Communities’ Summit 2016, to be held in Tampa October 11 to 14.
Digital transformation? Culture is the key
A few weeks ago we looked at the connection between digital transformation and change management, recognising the fact that when an organisation strives to ‘become digital’ this is a change process and, like any other change process, must be managed if it is to be successful. We compared the top 10 principles of change management as set out in 2004 with an updated list from the same organisation in 2014 and noted that corporate culture — ‘Assess the cultural landscape’ and ‘Address culture explicitly’ — that had been priorities seven and eight in 2004 had risen to number one position in 2014 (‘Lead with the culture’).
MS partners get updated at conference; cyber insurance and more
16,000 people from 144 countries converged on Toronto early in July for Microsoft’s World Partner Conference. Highlights of the opening day included: an announcement from General Electric CEO, Jeff Immelt and Microsoft CEO, SatyaNadella, that GE’s Predix platform for the Industrial Internet is available on the Azure cloud; Japan Airlines using Microsoft HoloLens to change the training paradigm for flight crews and mechanics.
What’s new in Office 365?
Back in June 2014, {cslimited}Microsoft introduced the Office 365 for Business Public Roadmap{/cslimited}, a website listing all recent and planned upgrades to Microsoft Office. Announcing the move, Jake Zborowski, a group product manager for Office 365, said it would provide a few months’ view of new features, enhancements, and major updates.
Digital transformation is a change management challenge
Amid all the talk today of digital transformation and digital disruption, it’s easy to forget that underpinning these phenomena is something that is not necessarily digital, disruptive, or transformative: it’s simply change. Change of any kind, especially in a large organisation, must be managed if it is to be successful, and to that end a huge change management industry has emerged.