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Are you playing your part in today’s platform-led digital economy?
Twenty-twenty has accelerated digital transformation manifold and forced a paradigm shift in how businesses and individuals interact and transact. Everything is now digital, everything is now data-driven and intelligent, and by extension, everything is vulnerable if not secured. During Cisco…
Why is cybersecurity a priority for organizations today?
There’s no denying that the new normal has had a major impact on business. In many ways, it has changed or at least forced leaders to revisit the priorities on their digital agenda. Looking at the global economic landscape and market, two things are clear: one, employees will prefer not to return to the…
Why do you need next-gen technology to show the mirror to your digital experiences?
Today’s next normal has established new realities for businesses in every industry. Employees are working from home and will continue to do so into the foreseeable future, customers are discovering, researching, and buying products and services online, and as a result, there’s an increased reliance…
Security in the next normal: Leaders need to think outside the (corporate) box
A majority of staff is now working remotely, using personal devices, on unprotected networks, and often collaborating via unsecured tools. Obviously, this will result in a number of new or increased security threats, across the enterprise. However, the truth is that the distributed enterprise…
The next decade belongs to organizations that can adapt and react quickly in the new normal
The pandemic took everyone by surprise – no business or leader had the foresight to prepare for it – and the global marketplace has shifted dramatically as a result. The question on the mind of every C-suite executive now is ‘how do I retool my business to build a resilient enterprise that can survive the…
Today’s resilient digital enterprises must deliver seamless, secure experiences
As businesses come out of the lockdown imposed by regulators to battle the global pandemic, leaders must start to rethink their organization’s digital agenda and priorities. In the ‘new normal’, employees will continue to work remotely, at least partially, and a greater chunk of the customer journey…
Understanding retail’s pressing digital needs in the age of the new normal
As retail organizations battle lockdowns in different parts of the world due to the coronavirus, Forrester estimates that the industry will suffer a loss of US$2.1 trillion globally in 2020. In Asia Pacific alone, revenues are expected to fall by US$767 billion, a 10 percent decline over 2019 figures.…
Why Security is the bridge between continuity and resilience for businesses
Up until the global coronavirus pandemic, working from home was simply an option. Organizations were prepared with an 80/20 model where 80% of users worked on-premises and the remaining 20% could access remote working solutions. With no end to the lockdown in sight for many, organizations need 100…
Getting business ready for the new normal
In the blink of an eye, the world as we knew it has changed. As governments across the world announce lockdowns of various proportions, companies are now having to run their operations with almost their entire teams working remotely. In many cases, they have had to make this switch overnight, or within…