Majority of databases to be deployed or migrated to cloud by 2022: Gartner
By 2022, 75% of all databases will be deployed or migrated to a cloud platform, with only 5% ever considered for repatriation to on-premises, according to Gartner. This trend will largely be due to databases used for analytics, and the SaaS model. “According to inquiries with Gartner clients, organizations are developing and deploying new applications in the cloud and moving existing... By CIO&Leader
Automation is becoming a C-Suite priority
As enterprises across industries are increasingly focusing on digital transformation, experts believe that automation of business processes has made considerable headway and is clearly becoming a C-Suite priority. In fact, a number of reports this week bring out the fact that the impact of automation can be huge. While they observe several barriers to automation including hundreds... By CIO&Leader
Indecisive hiring managers causing organizations to lose out on talent: Gartner
To successfully recruit and hire candidates in today’s digital era, organizations must redefine the role of the hiring manager to be decisive, according to Gartner, Inc. Yet, more than three-quarters of hiring managers do not act decisively. Gartner says the characteristics of decisive hiring managers include focusing on prioritizing future talent needs, broadening the candidate funnel, and... By CIO&Leader
Global Robotic Process Automation software market rises in 2018: Gartner
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software revenue grew 63.1% in 2018 to USD 846 million, making it the fastest-growing segment of the global enterprise software market, according to Gartner. Gartner expects RPA software revenue to reach USD 1.3 billion in 2019. “The RPA market has grown since our last forecast, driven by digital business demands as organizations look for ‘straight-... By CIO&Leader
AI for fraud detection to triple by 2021, says study
Until recently, the enterprise segment has been slow to incorporate AI as a security measure – the obvious reason being AI itself is still a work in progress and it took a while for CIO/CISOs to cut through the noise and understand how it impacts business. But that’s going to change in the coming months, believe researchers. A global survey by the Association of Certified Fraud... By CIO&Leader
Age of the aware CIO
There was a time when all that CIOs and enterprise IT professionals knew was technology. They were tech experts; knew how to implement tech when a consultant or a business guy told them what was needed. With consistent campaign that understanding of business is a must, many of them today know their business processes and the pain points and try to provide the best IT solutions to... By Shyamanuja Das
How Indian payment landscape is changing
Payment may seem to be one small component in the overall business and economic cycle. But in reality, payment is the moment of truth in any economic or commercial activity. Digital payments help an economy in many ways. It makes the financial system far more efficient. By making the money move faster, it also enhances the efficiency of economy itself. It makes transactions transparent and... By Shyamanuja Das
Mobile technology investment a growing priority for majority of Asia-Pacific organizations: Study
Mobile technology investment will be a growing priority for up to 60% of Asia-Pacific organizations, according to Zebra Technologies Corporation’s Asia-Pacific vision study on the Future of Field Operations. The findings indicate that investments will be made in disruptive technologies and enterprise mobile devices to enhance front-line worker productivity and customer satisfaction in field... By CIO&Leader
Cloud IT infrastructure revenues continue to grow despite slow down in spending in 2019: IDC
Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, grew 11.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), reaching USD 14.5 billion, according to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker. IDC also lowered its forecast for total spending on cloud IT... By CIO&Leader
Security leaders need to leverage the automation continuum to create new value for their organizations: Gartner
Leveraging the automation continuum is security and risk management leaders’ latest imperative in creating and preserving value at their organization, according to Gartner. Katell Thielemann, research vice president at Gartner, explained today to an audience of more than 3,500 security and risk management professionals at the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, that... By CIO&Leader
NEXT100 Winner 2017 Tejas Mehta joins RBL Bank as CTO
Tejas Mehta has joined RBL Bank as CTO. He was NEXT100 Winner in 2017. Mehta had earlier worked in various leadership and managerial positions in esteemed companiies like India Infoline, Barclays Bank and Reliance Industries Limited. He completed his MEP from IIM-Ahmedabad, PG Diploma in Management Studies and Bachelors in Electronics. He is Certified Lead Implementer ISO/IEC 270001:2013... By CIO&Leader