Why automation is key to keeping applications secure in the cloud-native era

In the past year, we saw a surge in digital transformation that reflected the accelerated delivery of many organizations’ multiyear technology roadmaps. McKinsey claims we’ve now passed a tipping point that may have forever adjusted business operations. The use of multicloud environments and cloud-native architectures based on microservices, containers, and Kubernetes is at the heart of this transformation. While these …

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AI and automation are driving a shift in the storage market

Artificial intelligence (AI), automation and big data analytics projects are fueling a “fundamental shift” towards flash-based object storage, new data suggests. This is according to a new report from software-defined object storage firm Scality, which found that, while some businesses expect the change to happen within a year, others believe a three-year time period is more realistic. Polling IT decision-makers …

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Automation has become a top priority for many IT teams

Automation has become a top priority for IT teams across the globe, according to a new report from IT and security management solutions provider Kaseya. Polling nearly 1,000 IT professionals for the report, Kaseya found that automation is one of the three major projects organizations are focused on, along with bolstering security and improving operational agility. Half of respondents rated …

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How automation liberates the modern workforce

The entire landscape of modern-day work is changing as we know it. Not only have we seen workforces going remote as a result of the pandemic, we have also witnessed the technologies that underpin our day-to-day work evolve on a dramatic scale.  One certain type of technology that has been integrated seamlessly into the workplace is automation. Nowadays, it’s hard …

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How automation can meet demand for incredible customer experience

It’s not unexpected for employees to have monotonous tasks to complete from time to time. However, research shows that this is becoming a major burden on the working day, with more than 40 percent of employees spending at least a quarter of their time handling manual and repetitive tasks. When those tasks take up too much time or become all …

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Role of change management in automation

While the need to automate is nothing new, what has changed over the years is what types of tasks can be automated and how much can be automated. Logically, it makes sense that many activities that are being performed by a person can be accomplished by a machine more cheaply and with more accuracy.  Machines historically have been good at …

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Automation enables a much more streamlined remote experience. Here’s how.

Offering remote work to employees is a great way to future-proof your organization and attract the increasing number of candidates who now prefer jobs that allow them to work remotely. While 83 percent of employees say that remote work opportunities make them feel happier at work, 81 percent of them are more likely to recommend their organization to other people …

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Manufacturers feeling pressure to stay ahead embrace automation and AI

It’s been quite a year for the B2B manufacturing business. While the ongoing pandemic caused uncertainty in some markets, it also drove many more B2B buyers online. Our recent survey found that 97 percent of B2B manufacturing businesses are feeling increasing pressure to get their products to market faster compared to just a year ago. On top of that, 87 …

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Workers increasingly worried automation will make them redundant

Concerns among employees that automation might make their roles redundant have been exacerbated by the pandemic, a new report from TotalJobs and Boston Consulting Group claims. Polling more than 209,000 people in 190 countries, the pair found workers aged 31-40, especially those who were laid off during the pandemic, to be most fearful of AI and automation taking their jobs. …

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Automation releases us from our false sense of SAP security

When it comes to the protection of our most vital devices and systems, we could be forgiven for being lulled into a false sense of security. After all, the Apples and Microsofts of this world come to us, not even when there’s a problem, but just to check-in. To update us. To add that layer of reassurance even when our …

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