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A superior MSP technology stack can offer differentiation and the ability to deliver a better service with lean operational costs. However, MSPs have always faced a challenge: choose top solutions in each ...
Database Trends and Applications Magazine: October/November 2022 Issue
Volume 36 | Number 5 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2022 CONTENTS FEATURES RESEARCH@DBTA 2 COMPLIANCE DANCE: SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS IMPACT OF VENDOR SOFTWARE AUDITS BY JOE MCKENDRICK FEATURE STORY 4 NAVIGATING THE HIGH-STAKES WORLD OF GOVERNANCE, SECURITY, AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE BY JOE MCKENDRICK DEPARTMENTS DBTA LIVE 20 MACHINE LEARNING AND THE FUTURE OF EFFICIENT DATA SCIENCE CONFIGURATIONS 21 DEVOPS AND HOW YOUR ENTERPRISE CAN SUSTAIN IT GETTING THE MOST OUT OF DOCUMENT-BASED DATABASES MULTIVALUE...
10.25.22 -- The Cloud Applications Playbook: Success Strategies For SaaS Vendors And Solution Providers
Get more varinsights with our FREE newsletter sign me up Home POS & Payment Processing Managed Services BDR Networking Security Cloud ISV | Software Development Newsletter | October 25, 2022 Submitted by Total Touch Point of Sale With so many POS partners in the market, how can you know which one is right for you — and your customers? Submitted by apg The COVID-19 pandemic raised safety concerns over cash handling, but those fears dissipated as the pandemic dragged on.
Humble Robots Power Cheer Pack's Factory Floor
In today’s manufacturing landscape, concerns over skills, expertise, and even just the number of workers available have all impacted how organizations operate. According to Alex Ivkovic, the chief information officer of eco-friendly spouted-pouch manufacturer Cheer Pack, “Labor shortages have been a pertinent issue for Cheer Pack even before the pandemic and recent skills shortage.
Entering the Metaverse Reality: How IoT Digital Twin Technology Will Lead to the Synchronization of the Human and Digital Worlds
As one of the fundamental building blocks of the metaverse, IoT digital twins have moved beyond the realms of simulation to facilitate an understanding of real-world problems. Take the European Union’s “Destination Earth” initiative. This is drawing on a host of environmental, socioeconomic, and satellite data to develop digital “twins” of the planet in an effort to combat climate change, but the benefits do not stop there, particularly in the B2B world.
Small factory-floor robots making big progress in future-proofing business processes
By Rick Veague, chief technical officer, North America, IFS The recent surge in applications of industrial robotics is a direct response to concerns of worker shortages in manufacturing. These machines are adept in the assembly, inspection, and packaging processes that are crucial to warehouse automation and overall resource management. Consider this example: Cheer Pack, a manufacturer of spouted-pouch packaging, overhauled its operations and significantly cut costs by using six ERP-driven robots.
Why Businesses Have To Start Leveraging Data And Automation To Its Fullest Potential
By Rick Veague, IFS The past two years have been a rude awakening for many organizations, whether they were able to fully go remote or not. Even in manufacturing and other sectors where work had to be done in person, the use of smart technology has significantly increased. Processes like stock taking and operational auditing are now done electronically.
Supercharge Your Factory Operations with Robotics Technology
As part of Solutions Review’s Premium Content Series—a collection of contributed columns written by industry experts in maturing software categories—Rick Veague, the Chief Technical Officer at IFS, examines how ERP-powered robotics technology helped a North American manufacturer boost savings and productivity. In a manufacturing landscape burdened with labor shortages and rising costs, keeping pace with customer demand and expectations is no easy feat.
The Construction Industry Hits Accelerate on Digital Transformation
Despite accounting for 13% of the world’s GDP—making it the largest sector in the global economy—the construction industry has faced many drawbacks in recent years, resulting in a productivity growth rate of only 1% annually for the past two decades. Mounting pressure from rising costs, tighter safety and sustainability regulations, and growing consumer demands means that the already poor performance of the industry looks set to worsen.
How Cloud Solutions Can Boost Cybersecurity
Cyberattacks and data breaches are continuing to grow-with ransomware attacks rising 62% worldwide and 158% in North America in the last three years. There are some essential basics that businesses must focus on when putting in place a cybersecurity solution to build a security-first culture into their software architecture and mitigate risks from potential attacks.
Digital Twin: Lowers Risk and Makes Maintenance Predictive
Technology’s growth trajectory seems to be unstoppable due to its power to provide deep and invaluable insights into the inner workings and maintenance needs of key assets. Digital twin technology is one of the latest enablers to revolutionize maintenance of mission-critical, high-cost, often complex assets, and potentially lower risk for organizations in asset intensive industries.
How the Pandemic Will Affect the Construction Ecosystem
As part of Solutions Review’s Premium Content Series—a collection of contributed columns written by industry experts in maturing software categories—Rick Veague, Chief Technology Officer, North America at IFS, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has become a key catalyst for technology adoption in the construction ecosystem. Construction is the largest industry in the global economy, accounting for 13% of the world’s GDP.
No time to lose: The top technologies helping businesses go green today
Keeping pace with ever-changing consumer demands has been an on-going battle for organizations, and one that has force-fed agility and flexibility into crucial business survival skills. But there’s one demand staying put — the switch to greener practices and improvement of company Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies. To stay ahead of the curve, organizations must look to technology as a facilitator.
Building a Security-First Culture to Keep Enterprise Cloud Operations Secure
As part of Solutions Review’s Premium Content Series—a collection of contributed columns written by industry experts in maturing software categories—Rick Veague, the Chief Technology Officer at IFS North Amerca, argues that companies can rely on cloud cybersecurity and assistance from cloud solution providers to safeguard operational efficiency, ensure business continuity, and develop a security-first culture.
By Rick Veague / February 10, 2022 Construction companies rely heavily on manual labor and on-site workers, so when the coronavirus struck in 2020, the sudden site closures, new safety measures, and need for more remote employees presented significant challenges. Research suggests that the global construction sector decreased by 3.1 percent in 2020, its worst decline since the 2008 global financial crisis.
3 Technologies Driving Business Sustainability
The pandemic highlighted many things, not least of which was the shift in consumer behavior towardfurther encouraging companies to change their operations and act with sustainability in mind. An overwhelming96% of businesses said the pandemic shifted their focus to the social component of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies. Technology has been a key player in helping corporations quantify and tackle ESG issues in their sectors.
Step Aside, Monoliths: Meet the Composable Enterprise
A composable enterprise, defined by Gartner as “an organization that delivers business outcomes and adapts to the pace of business change”, relies on the assembly of interchangeable application building blocks. This architectural overhaul has largely been driven by a demand for more configurable application experiences, and the need to evolve existing application portfolios that are often too risky and costly to replace.
Best of 2021 - Why Kubernetes is the King of Containerized Tools
As we close out 2021, we at Container Journal wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year. Following is the eighth in our series of the Best of 2021. Technology experts have been praising Kubernetes and its enterprise benefits for some time. Kubernetes technology is open by nature and gives organizations the ability to containerize their applications—an essential capability for the increasing number of businesses operating on cloud infrastructure.
Kubernetes technology: Long-term understanding for long-lasting benefits
Smart Systems / Process Innovation Out with the virtual, in with Kubernetes. Jul 20, 2021 By Rick Veague, Chief Technology Officer, North America, IFS Kubernetes technology is rapidly climbing the agenda for many C-suite execs—the open-source technology can help businesses pilot the foggy areas of cloud computing and exploit the value of containerized applications while reaping the benefits of improved security and resilience.
Why the C-Level Should Sit Up and Take Notice of Kubernetes in the Enterprise
Jun 28, 2021 By Rick Veague, CTO, North America, IFS It should not be overlooked that Kubernetes is truly one of the most radical advancements in enterprise software in many years. It is designed as a natural accompaniment for cloud deployments and streamlines configuration, quickens time to deployment, and makes compute resources more efficient. As a result, Kubernetes is fast becoming the preferred method of software provisioning.
Database Trends and Applications Magazine: June/July 2021 Issue
Volume 35 | Number 3 JUNE/JULY 2021 CONTENTS FEATURES RESEARCH@DBTA 2 THE PROBLEMS OF DATA ONBOARDING BY JOE MCKENDRICK FEATURE STORY 4 THE GAME-CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES POWERING THE DATA-DRIVEN ENTERPRISE IN 2021 AND BEYOND BY JOE MCKENDRICK DBTA 100 SPECIAL SECTION 19 INTRODUCTION 20 DBTA 100: THE COMPANIES THAT MATTER MOST IN DATA DEPARTMENTS MV SOLUTIONS 38 ROCKET SOFTWARE’S LATEST VERSION OF MVIS PROVIDES FASTER AND EASIER MODERNIZATION ZUMASYS LAUNCHES JBASE 5.8, FURTHER MODERNIZING THE MV...
Why the C-Level Should Sit Up and Take Notice of Kubernetes in the Enterprise
Jun 10, 2021 By Rick Veague, CTO, North America, IFS It should not be overlooked that Kubernetes is truly one of the most radical advancements in enterprise software in many years. It is designed as a natural accompaniment for cloud deployments and streamlines configuration, quickens time to deployment, and makes compute resources more efficient. As a result, Kubernetes is fast becoming the preferred method of software provisioning.
Business Agility Requires Open APIs and Low-code/No-code
As more organizations turn to low-code, no-code programming, success cannot be fully realized without the accessibility provided by truly open APIs. The deployment of new technologies, from artificial intelligence and virtual/augmented reality to digital twins and more, have all come under the deployment spotlight, with some of these emerging tech formats finding essential roles during pandemic-induced business changes.
Low-Code/No-Code and Simple APIs
In recent years, implementing AI and IoT technologies has been top priority for many organizations as their leading-edge capabilities have become a requisite for digital transformation – but the speed of their adoption is greatly influenced by the flexibility of supporting software.
Kubernetes Technology: It’s Time to Consider the Perks!
The Kubernetes-enabled enterprise software wake-up call should not be overlooked, especially for those in the C-suite responsible for future-proofing business operations. Kubernetes is a powerful enterprise software development and a key enabler for what has become an essential strategy for cloud computing, containerization.
Why Kubernetes is the King of Containerized Tools
Technology experts have been praising Kubernetes and its enterprise benefits for some time. Kubernetes technology is open by nature and gives organizations the ability to containerize their applications—an essential capability for the increasing number of businesses operating on cloud infrastructure. But it’s not just technology experts that are starting to see the value of Kubernetes, C-suite execs also are starting to take note.
Why the C-Suite Should Care About Kubernetes-Enabled Enterprise Software
Kubernetes is one of the most exciting enterprise software developments in recent years. The open-source technology facilitates containerization—a ‘must have’ approach to cloud computing that makes it easier to configure systems, increases reliability, allows for quicker software deployment and improves the efficient use of computing resources.
Why 2021 will be the Year that Composable Applications are as Sexy as IoT and AI
Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2021. Read them in this 13th annual VMblog.com series exclusive. By Rick Veague, Chief Technology Officer, North America, IFS Companies in our industry right now are working very hard to prove that they have successfully integrated technologies like the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) into their enterprise software products.
Three Ways to Challenge Competitors With Disruptive Technologies
Changing economic and geopolitical circumstances, evolving customer demands and disruptive technologies offer new opportunities for "challenger" brands to catch up and even outperform more established industry players. But being a challenger is not tied to size. Many of today's industry-leading businesses act as insurgents — leveraging new technologies and business models before their competitors and opening new revenue streams through aftermarket services on products they sell.
Unleashing the Power of the Industrial Internet of Things
Recent IFS research shows the industrial internet of things (IIoT) is still considered a cost-containment strategy rather than a revenue driver. Despite rising IoT adoption for asset management and equipment monitoring, most industrial organizations have yet to make strides toward enabling IoT data to fully power digital transformation. IoT technologies have thrived in the manufacturing industry for some time.
Digital Transformation Is Further Along Than You Think
We have reached an inflection point where business success will be determined not just by sound business thinking but by the use of technology to execute on that thinking in an optimal fashion. Digital transformation is all about thinking and imagining how business models and processes are affected by the application of technologies that, up until a few years ago, were nonexistent in the business world or deemed cost-prohibitive.
How In-Memory Computing can be an ERP Game-changer - the Three Questions to Ask
Rick Veague, Americas CTO at IFS, weighs up the pros and cons of in-memory computing and outlines the three questions that companies looking to integrate need to ask There is a lot of enthusiasm for in-memory computing for business, but it can be difficult to cut though all the noise to get to the true significance of the technology. What is in-memory computing? And how can it improve the performance of ERP and other enterprise-wide transactional systems?
Enterprise Mobility May Be The Simplest Step Toward Digital Transformation
Analysts and journalists describe the radical economic and cultural shifts that come with digital transformation as a result of the rapid changes resulting from the adoption of new technologies. The sharing economy, refrigerators connected to the internet and self-driving cars are indeed very interesting. But less obvious is the potential for digital transformation in the industrial sector.
Missing In Action: The Three Most Overlooked ERP Functionalities
ERP systems work best when they are designed to function as a single integrated solution that serves business needs all the way across an organization — from accounts to warehousing. While many ERP systems support the core functionality needed by most departments, many don’t include components that later turn out to be crucial for a company’s requirements. Unfortunately, the damage is often already done when an organization realizes the missing elements in its solution.
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