Digital skills are more important than ever in hiring decisions
Today, being skilled in digital technologies can save you a job, land you a job, and even get you a promotion. This is according to a new report from the charitable skills initiative Make It Click. Polling more than 500 UK business leaders about their perception of digital skills among employees, Make It Click found that among multiple candidates for …
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Herding cats: How digital transformation starts with controlling your supply chain
For years, businesses were encouraged to see their IT departments as a non-core activity; solely there to enable transactional business, improve company efficiency and keep the lights on. A consequence of this perspective was the outsourcing of IT. Do you really need to own the infrastructure, the hardware, the development capability? If not, why not outsource it, or consume it …
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Covid-19 and the search for digital talent
It’s hard to find a silver lining to Covid-19 – especially when you consider the state of the UK economy. The pandemic has caused a recession and has wreaked havoc across a range of industries such as manufacturing, aviation and retail. Women have been badly hit by the pandemic, cancelling any significant gains previously made in the labor force. So …
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Software testing becoming a key part of digital transformation
Software testing is no longer a “backroom discipline”, but rather a key part of digital transformation, according to a new report released jointly by Capgemini, Sogeti and Micro Focus. The World Quality Report, now in its 12th edition, states that most organizations choose to test more frequently as it improves business growth and outcomes. Businesses are increasingly adopting Agile and …
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Companies are desperate to close digital holes at the edge
As enterprises increasingly look to close digital gaps at the edge, digital service providers will most likely increase private connectivity bandwidth by a factor of five, within the next three years. This is according to a new report from Equinix, called the Global Interconnection Index. The pandemic is forcing organizations to speed up their digital transformation efforts, the report states. …
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How to lead digital transformation through change management
There’s so much information concerning operational evolution and how businesses should undergo such processes in order to remain relevant. But before delving into the powers of a well-executed project, such as digital transformation, the first step that’s required is to understand what it is – or rather, what it’s not. For example, such a program shouldn’t solely revolve around moving …
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Why finance models are outdated in an age of digital transformation
Finance departments like certainty – forecasts, plans, and smooth lines. But in business and software development, it’s impossible, even damaging, to be tied to certainty. This has been evident time and time again in 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing many companies to adapt. Now is the time for finance teams to change their outlook to support broader agility. Software …
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