There are many similarities between what people want to achieve with smart cities and with what's being done in the digital mine, says Michael Walters, product engineer at Etion.
SAP's Master Data Governance solution gives clients accurate, complete and trusted data to master their digital business processes and business models, says Brett Schreuder, MD at GlueData.
One of the drivers of cloud migration is accessibility to cloud business systems like Microsoft Office 365, says Craig Mitchelmore, head of Intervate North at Intervate.
At Black Hat this year, Trend Micro will present some new initiatives it hopes will have an impact in fighting the skills gap, says Kevin Simzer, COO at Trend Micro.
The culture change can start with extracurricular activities like robotics and coding classes, which can be presented to all ages, says Lulu Burger, director of Education at the OnSite Group.
Most cloud migrations are complex projects involving many processes, people and change management, says Sonja Weber: lead delivery solution manager at T-Systems SA.
Suppliers argue that it is the duty of the consumer to read the T&Cs, says Sergio dos Santos, candidate attorney at Webber Wentzel.
The more pervasive use of cloud as the new infrastructure is set to explode, says Emile Pepermans, executive director at Ovations.
While open source analytics programs are effective in an academic environment, corporates want graduates who also understand how to use the sophisticated enterprise technologies that are required by business.
The financial management decisions of SMEs have a direct impact on the efficiency, processes and resource management of a business, says Gary Epstein, MD at EasyBiz QuickBooks.
The essence of edge is to move some of the storage and compute to a different site closer to where the data is being generated, says George Senzere, Solutions Engineering Manager at Schneider Electric.
Many companies are stuck on where to start their transformation efforts, says Kristin Moyer, VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner.