Gartner to CIOs: Review outsourcing arrangements to mitigate geopolitical risks
Gartner outlines steps to address risks organisations can - and can’t - control
Gartner outlines steps to address risks organisations can - and can’t - control
The new robotic technology reflects agriculture’s “high tech future” and the future of work, says LIC CEO Wayne McNee.
We must view ‘moonshots’ and transformation as a constant process, writes Rafi Katanasho of Dynatrace
Piers Shore holds the biggest CIO role in the primary sector in New Zealand, but it was his interest in another field that paved the way for a career in ICT across the globe.
“The outcome is a robust platform designed with 24x7 uptime and the ability to grow and adapt as the needs of the co-operative evolve,” says CEO Wayne McNee
The ICT sector was as dynamic as ever with company mergers, innovative products and software, new markets, non-traditional delivery models and emerging technology and services driving the companies that make up this year’s Strategic 100 list.
While this has been the norm for the past four editions of the Strategic 100, this year has been markedly different — the presence of the not so hypothetical elephant in the room — the global economic turmoil that has left no business sector untouched.
The list of companies comprising the Strategic 100 — whether they are in the New Zealand 25, Global 50 or Rising Stars 25 — is an indication, even a barometer, of how competitive the ICT landscape is.
It also demonstrates how the key players have to be prepared to constantly reposition themselves, change course or be ready to acquire a rival firm — if they want to stay in the game and hold or increase their share of the market.
IT managers are probably aware that their software environments may dramatically change over the next five years, but they may not be aware that the complexity and management costs associated with the adoption of next-generation software technologies could ultimately reduce a company's ability to innovate.
Deployment of varying types and levels of software as a service, multiple flavours of service-oriented architectures and open source-based software can be expected to have a significant negative effect on many companies' abilities to be more broadly innovative. A review of customer, vendor and user announcements shows there is likely to be significant spending on and deployment of SaaS, open source and SOA over the next five years.
The user authentication market is dominated by well-established, wide-focus vendors. Newer wide- and tight-focus vendors continue to offer enterprises sound alternatives across a range of use cases. In this whitepaper, we look at the marketplace to compare how vendors compare in their completeness of vision and their ability to execute.