Industry 4.0: Production reinvents itself 11. March 2015 by Ralph Novak The manufacturing industry is undergoing vast changes. The race towards the forefront of technological development is on.
Enterprise apps: mobile strategies go on the offensive 11. March 2015 by Ralph Novak The use of mobile devices in mid-sized companies is more than just Mobile Enterprise Management. They are now being used above all to provide data and to develop and manage apps for smartphones and tablets.
Big Data: Analytics refine the raw material of the future 11. March 2015 by Ralph Novak The growth and expansion of ever larger databases in industry and management is probably not avoidable. But there is still a ways to go until big-data projects open up additional business fields or create new knowledge.
Cloud computing: The network must deliver 2. March 2015 by Ralph Novak According to a study conducted by IDG Connect on behalf of Oracle, the most important component of an IT infrastructure from the cloud is effective control mechanisms. 34% of respondents mentioned this as their top priority, followed by IT standardisation (27%), supporting key decision-makers (25%) and a high-performance IT change management (17%).
Collaboration: Compact solution makes UC viable for SMEs 2. March 2015 by Ralph Novak Medium-sized companies with a manageable number of employees tend to spare the costs of and the initial investment in a large UC solution (unified communications). There is clearly a sufficiently high demand however. Cisco Systems has specifically designed the Business Edition 6000s as an all-in-one communications solution for the target group of companies with up …
Software as a Service: HR platform leads applicants to SMEs 2. March 2015 by Ralph Novak SMEs usually end up losing out in the “war for talent”. It has already been shown, however, that continuous training measures and good employee development can be leveraged to successfully manage the shortage of skilled labour. The Sage Group recently presented an online solution to this problem: Sage HR Online is designed specifically for the …
Collocation: The customer determines what’s in the rack 2. March 2015 by Ralph Novak For their IT infrastructure location, medium-sized companies have the choice between their own data centre and leveraging the IT resources of external service providers. Medium-sized enterprises that feel a bit uneasy about using the public cloud often think twice about it and consider investing in a private cloud. There is, however, an alternative solution: collocation.
Privacy: Marketing is concerned about its customer data 2. March 2015 by Ralph Novak In a European research, the consulting firm, Sopra Steria Consulting, surveyed marketing executives (CMOs) on what they consider to be the greatest challenges over the next three years. More than 80% of German managers mentioned protection of customer data in first place. The topics of Big Data (83%) and Mobility (76%) followed in second and …
Cloud computing: IT sees itself as an internal service provider 2. March 2015 by Ralph Novak In order to better support business development, many IT managers want to transform their organisation into a service provider that provides internal services on demand. In about two-thirds of such cases, the required flexibility is to be provided by hybrid cloud architecture. Such a combination of private and public cloud services is already being used …
Job market: Digitisation requires IT professionals 2. March 2015 by Ralph Novak If you take a closer look at the development of the last four years, it becomes evident that the job market for IT specialists has developed quite well: the demand for them is twice as high as for engineers. The Hays professionals’ index for the fourth quarter of 2014 clearly shows this, with the largest …
