A new Harvard Business Review Analytic Services global study of more than 300 midsize to large enterprises finds that many executives believe current collaboration tools fall short on supporting the depth, pace, and style of teamwork now required to keep up with today’s most important business imperatives.

Five business imperatives that manufacturers need to focus on to drive growth

Cloud services are a pillar of a digital transformation, but they have also become a thorn in the side of many security architects. As data and applications that were once behind the enterprise firewall began roaming free—on smartphones, between Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, and in the cloud—the threat landscape expanded rapidly. Security architects scrambled to adjust their technologies, policies, and procedures. But just when they thought they had a handle on securing their cloud-connected enterprises, new business imperatives indicated that one cloud wasn’t enough. Modern enterprises operate in a multi-cloud world, where the threat landscape has reached a new level of complexity. Security teams are juggling a hodgepodge of policies, threat reports, and management tools. When each cloud operates in its own silo, the security architect has even more difficulty supporting the CISO or CIO with a coherent, defensible security posture.

A key finding of this research is that most companies have a great opportunity to improve their business performance by taking a more integrated approach to managing their digital media mix.

Companies develop strategic plans and establish business imperatives that define desired outcomes, e.g., to achieve superior financial results or to be the highest quality supplier in the world.

The first event in the Partnering with Certainy Webinar Series, "Customer Demands at the Edge." Trends like IoT are driving customer experience expectations in a way that demands resiliency in local edge environments. As a result, we’re seeing a rise of edge computing (compute power coming out of the cloud and into the access layer). Customer demands manifest themselves differently based on things like company size and segment. For example, a retail customer’s business imperatives might look different from a doctor’s office. But one thing remains constant: A standardized, redundant, and repeatable physical infrastructure can protect the availability of these now-critical access-layer IT assets. APC by Schneider Electric has: The solutions you need to deliver a standardized, redundant, & repeatable infrastructure to your customers The tools you need to configure them, The alliances & certifications you trust & rely on, The program to make it profitable. Fill out your information and click "Register" to watch the kick off our Partnering with Certainty Webinar Series, “Customer Demands at the Edge: Always On, Always Connected.” This webinar originally aired on October 5th, 2017.

Global financial organizations are facing increasing demands from the business for more granularity, transparency, reporting and security. If you’re on the IT side, you know this adds a different set of ‘mores’ to the equation: More duplication, delays, and people. What’s the net-net? More cost and more risk. You can balance the scales to satisfy those demands. And it starts with thinking differently about data management. Our financial services technology experts will explore the implications of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) imperatives. You’ll learn: • Why data is at the heart of an effective and dynamic GRC strategy • Why technological capabilities used to enable standard GRC programs can reduce transparency and prevent you from gaining a holistic view of your data • A new approach to data can provide the business with complete transparency • Review a sample regulatory reporting architecture Stop burning time on tooling — and start building a dynamic GRC strategy that can

"In the world of OTT 2.0, cross-device personalization is critical. (Not to mention really cool.) Deliver the experience your viewers expect with the confidence your business requires. Download this brochure from IBM Cloud Video's OTT Success Series to learn: -The new imperatives for multi-stream, multi-device orchestration -Why live video now demands seamless cross-device interplay -The importance of server-side APIs in allowing for rapid iterations and device extensions"

"In the world of OTT 2.0, cross-device personalization is critical. (Not to mention really cool.) Deliver the experience your viewers expect with the confidence your business requires. Download this brochure from IBM Cloud Video's OTT Success Series to learn: -The new imperatives for multi-stream, multi-device orchestration -Why live video now demands seamless cross-device interplay -The importance of server-side APIs in allowing for rapid iterations and device extensions"

Five key trends are shaping the enterprise content management (ECM) space. New business objectives, new market imperatives, and new cloud-based platforms compel technology and business decision makers to take a fresh look at their strategy and underlying platforms. This report will help enterprise architecture (EA) professionals make informed decisions about their content management agenda.

Digital transformation (DX) has progressed well beyond the abundant hype predicting it to where it is now an existential concern for many enterprises. We are at an inflection point as digital transformation efforts shift from "project" or "initiative" status to strategic business imperatives. Growing enterprises, regardless of age or industry, are striving to become "digital native" in the way their executives and employees think, what they produce, and how they operate. IDC predicts that by 2021, at least 50% of global GDP will be digitized, with growth in every industry driven by digitally enhanced offerings, operations, and relationships, and that by 2020, investors will use platform/ecosystem, data value, and customer engagement metrics as valuation factors for all enterprises.

This whitepaper examines 10 critical business imperatives when deploying a global HRMS, from the vantage point of a global HRMS vendor CEO and a long time HR Technology practitioner.

CRM is a business strategy that helps organizations cope with three of today´s most urgent business imperatives generating new growth, attaining operational excellence and enhancing competitive agility.

The key best practices for next best action in CRM are to align it with key business imperatives; deliver it through priority customer-interaction channels; inform targeted offers with trustworthy customer data; drive it from advanced analytics and rules; and use it to shape multichannel conversations with customers.

The key best practices for next best action in CRM are to align it with key business imperatives; deliver it through priority customer-interaction channels; inform targeted offers with trustworthy customer data; drive it from advanced analytics and rules; and use it to shape multichannel conversations with customers.

ESG suggests that senior IT executives join the nearly 40% of their peers who are using deduplication and reaping its rewards. Read more.

Providing healthcare is a global, multi-level proposition that transcends single providers. The stakeholders in Cerner’s world are not only clinicians, hospitals, and medical device partners but another whole world of consultants, researchers, and industry experts. Cerner leverages Jive Social Business Software to address a number of their key social business imperatives, including accelerating innovation and providing community-based support. They put Jive to work not only to make their own business operations more productive but to connect priorities and people outside of Cerner to solve broad healthcare issues for the greater good.

Improving data management is critical for streamlining regulatory reporting, monetizing customer analytics, and democratizing data-driven decision-making. Financial firms must transform their data management approach to unlock data from its silos, incorporate unstructured information from non-traditional sources, and integrate information whether on-premises, in the cloud, batch-based, or real-time. As this evolution continues, technology leaders must consider integration holistically across the enterprise and create an agility layer that is key to future-proofing their data management architecture. Read this whitepaper to learn: -Data management challenges in financial services -Best practices to manage data in financial institutions -Integration strategies for optimal data management

Cabot Partners offers a glimpse into the market trends for SAP adoption in midsize businesses and imperatives for the supporting platform.

Cabot Partners offers a glimpse into the market trends for SAP adoption in midsize businesses and imperatives for the supporting platform. A case is made for a simpler virtualized solution, designed for easy installation and operation and cost-effective scaling for growth.

Cabot Partners offers a glimpse into the market trends for SAP adoption in midsize businesses and imperatives for the supporting platform. A case is made for a simpler virtualized solution, designed for easy installation and operation and cost-effective scaling for growth.

As the technologies and business practices surrounding Social, Mobile and BPM mature, IT and business stakeholders are discovering new ways to collaborate and engage customers via dynamic business processes that address several business imperatives.

Talent management has become one of the most pressing topics within HR organizations today - and it is no wonder, given the current economic environment and business imperatives. In this research bulletin, we will outline the approach HR organizations must take to identify, cost-justify, develop and implement the highest impact talent management strategy.

This white paper from EMC will show you how data deduplication can help you achieve this goal. Read on to learn more.

Download our 2014 Digital Trends report, created in partnership with eConsultancy, to discover the trends that are driving exceptional customer experiences — and the tools you need to gain a competitive edge. Based on a global survey of more than 2,500 marketers, our report found that customer experience, mobile marketing, and content marketing are major business imperatives for 2014. However, only 23% of marketers believe they have the tools they need to maximize their impact in these areas. Get the report now to uncover more insights for the coming year, including: - B2C brands will focus on targeting and personalization - Two-thirds of respondents will experiment with new media - Brands will zero in on mobile customer behavior