Digital: Outsourcing your Business Transformation

Joseph Dolphin·28 September 2016·Delivery

...Incremental change is insufficient and it is necessary to fundamentally rethink and radically redesign what a business or organization does in order that it can flourish in a changing world. Business transformation brings radical change in three principal areas of business: Processes, Organizational structure and Technology. Its purpose is to help deliver the improvements and benefits that business seeks for (a) Customers - better services and products (b) Employees - greater job satisfaction, (c) Efficiency- better use of resources, doing more for less money. Read More...

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How To Win The Complex Service Sale Consistently

Randy Shattuck·27 September 2016·Customer Engagement

...I was talking to an entrepreneur the other day who is in the software development business. His company builds cloud applications and provides professional services to deploy the software. As we were discussing how we do business, I discovered that we shared a similar philosophy regarding RFPs: requests for proposals. Read More...

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EU-US Privacy Shield – En Garde!

Cyber Brokers·18 September 2016·Cyber Security

...EU-US Privacy Shield came into force on the 1st of August and this now replaces the defunct Safe Harbour. What has caused the delay?Finally getting this over the line has been frustrating as it has met the resistance of the European Commission whose fault finding Article 29 Working Parties Opinion was delaying the final agreement. Read More...

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Time Series Analysis: A Primer

Kevin Gray·18 September 2016·Data & Analytics

...Time series analysis is a family of tools too often overlooked by Marketing Researchers and Data Scientists. So, what is a Time Series? Many data sets are cross-sectional and represent a single slice of time.  However, we also have data collected over many periods - weekly sales data, for instance.  This is an example of time series data.  Time series analysis is a specialized branch of statistics used extensively in fields such as Econometrics and Operations Research. Unfortunately, most Marketing Researchers and Data Scientists still have had little exposure to it. As we'll see, it has many very important applications for marketers.  Read More...

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The CIO Guide to a Successful Information Security Practice: 8 Key Management Pitfalls to Avoid

JC GAILLARD·7 September 2016·Cyber Security

...This article is a summary of the series “The CIO Guide to a successful Information Security Practice – 8 Key Management pitfalls to avoid” published on the Corix Partners blog in May and June 2015. The series deconstructs eight commonly held views on Information Security that CIOs would have encountered, and highlights the key Governance and Leadership rules CIOs and CISOs should follow to build and deliver a successful Information Security practice. Read More...

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The Reporting Line of the CISO is Key to Success

JC GAILLARD·7 September 2016·Cyber Security

...Why is the reporting line of the CISO still a hot topic amongst Security communities? The actual role of the CISO varies greatly from one organisation to another – even if, on paper, job descriptions often look similar. Of course, the best reporting line for the CISO is the one that positions the role in the best way within the organisation – in relation to the real challenges that the CISO is expected to resolve. Read More...

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Staff Augmentation vs. Managed Services

Peter Goral·29 August 2016·People & Change

...IT departments that need to execute new projects often look to outsourcing as a means to efficiently reach goals. However, when it comes to IT outsourcing isn’t the same across the board. Firms can choose a “staff augmentation” approach where outside workers join the existing team, or a “managed services” framework that matches traditional project-centric outsourcing. Read More...

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Consulting Industry Attacked on Three Sides

Braden Kelley·24 August 2016·Strategy & Innovation

...The worlds of employment and business are becoming increasingly turbulent as the stability of the enterprise grows ever shorter, the loyalty of the enterprise to its people faces extinction, and the wealthy countries of the world stand at a precipice of overhanging debt. Increasingly intelligent digital technologies and mercurial customer expectations threaten both people and enterprise at every turn. Read More...

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Social Network Analysis Using R

Birendra Kumar Sahu·23 August 2016·Data & Analytics

...R is a programming language and an environment for statistical computing. R development takes advantage of a growing community that cooperates in its development due to its open source philosophy. In effect, the source code of every R component is freely available for inspection and/or adaptation.This fact allows you to… Read More...

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Digital Transformation in the Public Sector

Rhys Sharp·23 August 2016·Enabling Technologies

...There is no doubt that the Public Sector “Cloud First” and “Digital Transformation” strategies are paying off in terms of the government, local authorities and health sectors delivering better and more cost effective services to citizens and it is only fair to point out that the success in those areas has been driven by Government Digital Services (GDS). But where next with Digital? Read More...

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The Key Steps Towards a Successful InfoSec Practice

JC GAILLARD·22 August 2016·Cyber Security

...Cyber threats are a reality for most organisations. However, misconceptions and misunderstandings about the true nature of InfoSec are still hindering the protection of highly strategic information assets. Here, we offer to outline key pitfalls that CIOs should avoid in order to successfully lead their organisations towards an effective InfoSec practice. Read More...

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The Current Role of most CISOs Lacks Clarity and Needs to Change

JC GAILLARD·22 August 2016·Cyber Security

...Cyber threats are a growing concern for most organisations. However, it appears that reactive, expensive and inefficient practices are still underpinning most InfoSec strategies. As we have argued in previous articles, it is an issue that must be addressed primarily at the people and process levels through an effective cyber security governance framework – instead of traditional approaches that have historically treated the problem as a mere IT problem and focused only on technology solutions. Read More...

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