"Extracting value from data is central to the digital transformation required for businesses to succeed in the decades to come. Buried in data are insights that reveals what your customers need and how they want to receive it, how sales, manufacturing, distribution, and other aspects of business operations are functioning, what risks are arising to threaten the business, and more. That insight empowers your businesses to reach new customers, develop and deliver new products, to operate more efficiently and more effectively, and even to develop new business models. "

The bar for success is rising in higher education.  University leaders and IT administrators are aware of the compelling benefits of digital transformation overall—and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular. AI can amplify human capabilities by using machine learning, or deep learning, to convert the fast-growing and plentiful sources of data about all aspects of a university into actionable insights that drive better decisions. But when planning a transformational strategy, these leaders must prioritize operational continuity. It’s critical to protect the everyday activities of learning, research, and administration that rely on the IT infrastructure to consistently deliver data to its applications.

"IT needs to reach beyond the traditional data center and the public cloud to form and manage a hybrid connected system stretching from the edge to the cloud, wherever the cloud may be. We believe this is leading to a new period of disruption and development that will require organizations to rethink and modernize their infrastructure more comprehensively than they have in the past. Hybrid cloud and hybrid cloud management will be the key pillars of this next wave of digital transformation – which is on its way much sooner than many have so far predicted. They have an important role to play as part of a deliberate and proactive cloud strategy, and are essential if the full benefits of moving over to a cloud model are to be fully realized."

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We believe people change organizations. So, we built Workplace by Facebook to empower them. Our mission is to unlock human potential by giving the world a place to work together. We do it by combining next-generation technology and easy-to use features to transform communications, culture, and workflows inside organizations of all shapes, sizes, and industries. Industries like retail. In this playbook, we’ll explore the new consumer expectations shaping the future of retail in North America. You’ll discover why great brand experiences for your customers start with great work experiences for your employees. Download this whitepaper now to learn more about the benefits of customer-centric collaboration tools like Workplace by Facebook. Then you’ll be ready to take the next step on your digital transformation journey.

Read this paper to understand 3 sudden industry shifts that affect your site’s ability to survive in a changing landscape.

The term outsourcing can have a negative connotation, conjuring images of layoffs and relocating jobs to third parties in remote locations. However, outsourcing can take many forms, and finance and accounting outsourcing (FAO) does not always mean the displacing of the finance back office. Specifically, FAO leverages digital technology to complement and support the back office, streamlining processes while providing enhanced transaction processing, reporting and analytics capabilities. It also allows key resources to focus on strategy, analysis and decision-making.

Application programming interfaces, or APIs, are the way software talks to other software—so by definition, they’re a technology that connects systems. Many enterprise leaders think of them primarily in these terms. For example, 57 percent of respondents to Google’s enterprise digital maturity assessment tool, Apigee Compass, characterize APIs as systems integration technology.

Enterprises can extend their services with scale and speed that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. They can focus on their core strengths while leveraging resources from other ecosystem participants, creating richer, more valuable digital experiences than most companies have the resources to produce alone and spreading their businesses to new audiences and markets. The speed of change and the range of opportunities are dizzying—which is why it’s so easy for businesses to hit hurdles or chart the wrong course.

A successful go-to-market (GTM) strategy is critical to succeed in the digital economy. Learn what goes into the three stages required to build, implement and launch a successful XaaS GTM plan--and how much faster you'll get there partnering with CloudBlue.

Headquartered in Chicago, Bean Suntory owns over 70 premium spirit brands from whiskey and rum, to vodka, cognac, tequila, and gin. Beam Suntory generates $4 billion in annual revenues. But that revenue was in danger. The company’s production software, Wonderware, which controls embedded systems driving almost every critical production process, was underpinned by ageing hardware. If it failed, production would come to a grinding—and expensive—halt.Every hour of downtime results in lost production, which can amount to millions of dollars in losses,” says Sanjay Kirtikar, Director Digital Technologies, Beam Suntory. To ensure Wonderware never failed, Beam Suntory implemented hyperconverged clusters integrated with Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform software The results were instant and outstanding. Beam Suntory expects a 25-35% cost benefit from lower support and maintenance efforts, and a 50% reduction in power usage.

Digital transformation has become a popular theme across enterprises. However, companies are confronted with several challenges. In a survey done recently, two-thirds of IT investments by Japanese companies were about "running-the-business", and a very small sum was focussed on business innovation and growth. What are the processes that an organization should create to promote digital transformation? What are the challenges? Read this article from Nikkei XTech that analyses the IT enterprise in Japan and challenges that it faces today.

Digital Fitness Assessment 2.0 is here. The time to upskill is now. Let’s face it--every industry is being disrupted. To stay profitable and lead the way, it’s critical to be deliberate about making sure your employees have the skills they’ll need to take you there. The Digital Fitness Assessment will help your employees build their future through a custom experience that targets specific skills and behaviors to each employee. Get a demo here. [Please confirm link works and is tracked] What if you could give every employee a blueprint for tomorrow's most-needed skills? Your people know they need new skills--and most are eager to get them. But, what most companies offer is, well, standardized. That can make it boring and not applicable. To stand out and bring your workforce into the future, you need a creative, personal--and even enjoyable--learning experience. The Digital Fitness Assessment will help your employees build their future. Get a demo here. [Please confirm link works and is

What if you could give every employee a blueprint for tomorrow's most-needed skills? Your teams know they need new skills--and most are eager to get them. But, what most companies offer is, well, standardized. That can make it boring and not applicable. To stand out and bring your workforce into the future, you need a creative, personal--and even enjoyable--learning experience. The Digital Fitness Assessment will help your employees build their future. Get a demo here.

Each Location3 partner receives this customized approach as we work through the Local Search Roadmap, resulting in hyper-local optimizations targeting local consumers and queries. These efforts combine to increase online customer conversions and on-offline customer visits to your business.

In our experience as franchise marketers, Local Ad Fund dollars provide a solid foundation for paid search campaigns that drive consistent, high quality-low cost, leads. However many franchisees and local business owners could be doing more to support established corporate search marketing campaigns, ultimately capturing the maximum search interest for their services within their markets, driving increased local revenue.

Roughly five years ago, an industry shift occurred in franchising that saw many franchisers and their respective marketing teams hire multiple agencies, partners and vendors to conduct various marketing programs on their behalf.

Your Local Business Listings are part of the foundation of your online presence. Ensuring that all of your brick-and-mortar business locations are accurately represented on directories like Google My Business, Facebook Places, Bing Places, Apple Maps and more requires a hands-on, managed approach to local data optimization.

Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Core, Intel vPro, Core Inside and vPro Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. The diversity and bureaucratic nature of government agencies have complicated communication for decades. But today digital technologies offer a path to connectivity and information sharing that could help break the gridlock. Innovative mobile and field force automation (FFA) technologies are helping state and federal government agencies break down the walls that hindered cooperation and decision making between offices and field personnel. This document is designed to help ensure that your mobile device platform selection and processes provide the power, reliability, and flexibility you need to achieve your mission — in the office, in the field, or ten flights up in the air.

The finance team’s data analytics skills put CFOs in the driving seat of digital change. Read the Economist Intelligence Unit report now to learn: • How finance helps other business units meet their digital ambitions • Why finance needs to make data visible across the business • Why it’s important to develop metrics for digital success Download now

After talking to 27 leading CFOs, the Economist Intelligence Unit finds that the finance team’s data analytics skills put the CFO in the driving seat of digital change. The result is that the CFO has a new responsibility to: • Help other business units meet their digital ambitions • Make relevant data visible across the business • Develop goals and metrics for digital success Watch the webinar

It’s no secret the restaurant industry is highly populated by teenagers. So what are the best tactics to engage your generation z employees while keeping your restaurant compliant with today’s labor laws? Research has found generation z to be very different than their older millennial brothers and sisters, meaning operators need to find a whole new approach to engage them. In this guide we’ll highlight the engagement and compliance challenges restaurants face with this group of workers. And then we’ll walk you through best practices we’ve seen work using mobile scheduling apps and digital communication tools.

Organization: Telecom Italia (TIM) Headquarters: Milan, Italy Users: 600,000 Objective: As Italy’s businesses grew increasingly vulnerable to the threat of ransomware, data breaches, and other malicious malware attacks, service provider TIM sought an innovative solution to effectively and efficiently protect the network and data of its business users. Solution: Cisco Umbrella for Service Providers (SPs) Impact: • Rolled out TIM Safe Web to more than 600,000 customers, with less than 1 in 10,000 customers opting out of the service • Provided TIM with a unique competitive differentiator • Created an incremental revenue stream for TIM

We all use APIs every day. The demands of digital transformation, and the related need for platforms and ecosystems, make it essential to manage APIs throughout their life cycle. We identify the pros and cons of a wide range of API management vendors and offerings, to help you make the right choice.

In our 26-criterion evaluation of API management solutions providers, we identified the 15 most significant ones — Axway, CA Technologies, Google, IBM, Microsoft, MuleSoft, Oracle, Red Hat, Rogue Wave Software, Sensedia, Software AG, TIBCO Software, Torry Harris Business Solutions, Tyk Technologies, and WSO2 — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals make the right choice.