Perspectives
Time to make your case
An extended SAP migration deadline is the perfect opportunity to turn practical necessity into a strategic advantage. In February, in what many in the ERP community industry saw as an inevitable response to a customer base that appeared hesitant to commit, SAP announced that it had extended the deadline for customers to migrate from ECC […]
CFO: the restless reinventor – Chapter 5
Tackling the competition through transformation As we have explored in this series, CFOs are entering a brave new, cognitive and digitised world. The way organisations interact with their customer base, absorb and understand the avalanche of data is critical for CFOs and their teams in terms of decision-making agility. IBM’s Institute of Business Value study […]
Time to make your case
An extended SAP migration deadline is the perfect opportunity to turn practical necessity into a strategic advantage. In February, in what many in the ERP community industry saw as an inevitable response to a customer base that appeared hesitant to commit, SAP announced that it had extended the deadline for customers to migrate from ECC […]
Who Said Stores are Dead, Long Live the Connected Store…
As a repeat attendee at NRF’s Big Show in New York, I have seen a notable shift in theme from “omni-channel retailing” to the “Connected Store”. With retailers putting more and more connected devices and technologies in the store, and industry suppliers embedding AI in evolving solutions, it’s apparent that retailers have a wealth of […]
Degree Apprentices – working for the tech sector
Digital & Technology Solutions degree apprentices are making an important contribution to IBM and the digital economy. At IBM, we have over 50 Digital and Technology Solutions degree apprentices, studying at University of Exeter, Manchester Metropolitan University and the Open University. Our first cohort of degree apprentices graduated from Queen Mary University of London and […]
Building new business models to support the energy transition
Across many sectors of industry, we have seen significant disruption in the past few decades. In the retail space, we have seen around 20% of trade go online since the turn of the millennium and a move to out of town retail parks with the corresponding demise of the high street, while in the leisure […]
Climate Change and Energy Transition
We are getting used to news of failure on hitting climate change targets. The latest WMO provisional statement on the state of the Global Climate highlighted that instead of a carbon reduced, carbon emissions actually increased by 1.5% a year over the past decade, requiring a 7.6% reduction every year to 2030 to stay within […]
CFO: the restless reinventor – Chapter 4
Insight is everything for the disruptive CFO In previous chapters, we discussed the pivotal role the CFO plays in setting the agenda for decisions that can make or break the business. At the heart of this shift is the abundance of data available, and the proliferation of technology that helps us to process that data […]
Empower your people
Culture matters: humanity is at the heart of the Cognitive Enterprise Technology may be driving the current evolution of business. But smart organisations realise that becoming a Cognitive Enterprise requires more than just a few training sessions on the latest software. It necessitates a significant shift in skills, attitude and culture that empowers employees to […]
Design intelligent workflows
Humanising machines: how intelligent workflows will transform customer experience. When we talk about the ways in which AI is going to change the world of business, all discussions lead back to one important point. The truly successful Cognitive Enterprise is one in which technology works alongside people to enable the best possible customer experience – […]
CFO: the restless reinventor – Chapter 3
Capability and culture: the key ingredients for reinvention As we discussed in chapter 1 and chapter 2, radical new technology is uncovering valuable insights and revolutionising the way organisations operate. Any business leader worth their salt will be looking to implement these game-changing solutions. But successful CFOs will plough at least as much energy into […]
IBM tackles digital skills gap with UK launch of SkillsBuild
Following the P-TECH launch earlier this year, the new SkillsBuild platform reinforces IBM’s commitment to life-long learning in the UK Around the globe, new technologies are rapidly transforming the world of work, and – as a result, the skillsets people need to be successful. To ensure an inclusive workforce, we must change the way we […]
CICS 50th Anniversary
This year is a Golden Jubilee for innovation. These 50-year anniversaries include the first US ATM; the first successful heart transplant; the Moon landing. And perhaps less well-known to most people is that the IBM software product called CICS was born in 1969. It was designed to fill a gap in the Public Utilities market, […]
CFO: the restless reinventor – Chapter 2
The CFO and the path to personalisation In the first chapter of this series we discussed the market forces that are revolutionising global business paradigms, and the pressure those shifts are putting on the CFO role. Here, we will explore the drive towards personalisation, and the responsibility of the CFO to harness the opportunities this […]
Reinventing clinical trials: delivering on the vision of digital transformation in health
Last year 870,000 patients in the NHS had the opportunity to access cutting-edge treatments early as part of clinical trials. NHS DigiTrial is one of seven new hubs announced by Health Data Research UK. The hubs aim to reinvent the approach to trials, enabling cutting-edge research for health discoveries, to help bring new therapies to […]