Automation rapidly scaling up across sectors due to COVID-19: Study
As COVID-19 forces an unprecedented amount of workers to stay home, many companies will have no choice but to turn to automation to keep the business running. In the age of social distancing, this means automating processes to ensure employees receive their pay when physical checks can no longer be printed and distributed; customer experience issues are diagnosed while call centers are... By CIO&Leader
Insider data breaches a key concern for majority of IT leaders in the legal sector: Study
A staggering 96% of IT leaders in the legal sector say insider breach risk is a significant concern, according to Egress’ second global Insider Data Breach Survey. 77% think employees have put data at risk accidentally in the past 12 months and 78% think employees have put data at risk intentionally. When asked about the implications of these breaches, over one-third (36%) say financial... By CIO&Leader
Can lawyers be automated?
The first most talked about use of AI perhaps was when IBM developed a chess playing computer named Deep Blue which beat the then reigning world champion Gary Kasparov in its second attempt, way back in 1997. In the year 2005, Stanford robot won the DARPA Grand challenge by driving autonomously for 131 miles along a desert trail thanks to tedious engineering application and increased speed and... By Karan Kalia
Majority of Indian digital workers using emerging tech to boost their effectiveness at work: Gartner
67% of digital workers in India said emerging technologies, such as Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) are increasing their effectiveness at work, according to a survey by Gartner. The Gartner 2019 Digital Workplace Survey found that India is the most digitally dexterous country in the world - followed by the UK... By CIO&Leader
Asia-Pacific C-suites expect COVID-19 to have a severe impact on the global economy: Study
Business leaders in Asia-Pacific are focusing on navigating the immediate impact of COVID-19 on supply chains, revenue and profitability, while reconfiguring capital allocation and M&A plans for the post-crisis world, according to the 22nd edition of the EY Global Capital Confidence Barometer (CCB) Asia-Pacific. The vast majority (94%) of Asia-Pacific respondents to CCB, a survey... By CIO&Leader
IT spending to decline in 2020 due to COVID-19: IDC
The overall tech spending is forecast to decline in 2020, according to IDC’s new index of leading indicators for IT spending. However, IDC also highlights opportunities where businesses may be looking to increase short-term investments as part of their response to the COVID-19 crisis. Enterprise respondents to a global survey identified expected cuts in spending on traditional technologies... By CIO&Leader
Organizations worried about alarming security issues across work from home networks: Study
There is significant security issues across the rapidly rising number of networks used to work from home, according to BitSight’s study. According to the study, which analyzed more than 41,000 organizations, companies suddenly now face newly exposed or vulnerable devices and services, and their employees are using malware-infected networks. The research comes on the heels of BitSight’s latest... By CIO&Leader
'Internet of Things’ to become ‘Interaction of Things’ in 2020
‘The Internet of Things’ becoming the ‘Interaction of Things’, digital twins moving to mainstream and autonomous vehicles continuing to move ahead are some of the key things going to happen in 2020, according to Keysight Technologies’ 2020 Technology Predictions. The detailed technology predictions for 2020 are highlighted below. New realms of measurement will grow in importance in 2020: ... By CIO&Leader
APeJ FSIs poised for cloud services to meet scalability and availability needs amidst COVID-19: IDC
As the APeJ region waits for the COVID-19 pandemic to peak, IDC expects the financial services institutions (FSIs) to seek cloud services as recourse should scalability and availability requirements increase. IDC anticipates an era of accelerated cloud adoption for the financial services industry in the region in the next few years. This development is a result of a confluence of positive factors... By CIO&Leader
Apple most imitated brand for phishing attempts: Study
In a brand phishing attack, criminals try to imitate the official website of a well-known brand by using a similar domain name or URL and web-page design to the genuine site. The link to the fake website can be sent to targeted individuals by email or text message, a user can be redirected during web browsing, or it may be triggered from a fraudulent mobile application. The fake website... By CIO&Leader
Reimagining digital workforce need of the hour: Study
For many organizations, digital initiatives in the pipeline became swift realities over the past several weeks. New ways of working today have heightened companies’ reliance on digital platforms and have accelerated how they activate and deploy these technologies. Companies have had to pivot how employees work and collaborate in a widespread remote working environment. Now more than ever,... By CIO&Leader