In today’s rapidly evolving digital world, AI is no longer a futuristic concept—it’s transforming industries right now. As industries and organizations worldwide accelerate their AI adoption, businesses are realizing productivity and efficiency gains that can fuel new growth and innovation. Securing the future of AI means acknowledging the dual nature of this technology: it brings
IT professionals are experts at answering the questions what and how. They excel at bringing an engineering approach to evaluating options and executing complex projects. But as technical executives take on more strategic leadership in their organizations, they are increasingly asking and answering the question why. This question requires more of a business approach, as
When it comes to digital transformations, financial institutions are reaching toward the cloud. Part 10 of Celent’s Digital Panel survey reveals that 75 percent of respondents rate a skyward transition as their top technology priority.1 Interest in cloud adoption is part of an overall movement to improve the customer experience as consumers turn to online and mobile channels to
The asset and wealth management industry continues to experience a lot of consolidation with deals such as Morgan Stanley/E*Trade/Eaton Vance, Schwab/TD Ameritrade, and Franklin Templeton/Legg Mason. Scale is becoming an important competitive advantage in this winner-takes-all environment. Leaders in sales and marketing at these firms are pressured from all sides to be more relevant and
Customers who are still running on-premises infrastructure don’t always understand how a cloud strategy can make significant contributions to organizational resilience. In fact, they often come with misconceptions about efficiency, security, and cost, and they conclude that the cloud actually undermines resilience. One might call these myths, but I believe they arise from a lack
As 2020 slips into our collective rearview mirror, there is little doubt that the COVID‑19 pandemic had a major impact on virtual healthcare adoption by both consumers and healthcare organizations. At the onset of the pandemic, Microsoft healthcare customers quickly used their existing investments in Microsoft Teams to deliver virtual visits (clinician to remote patient) and
Achieving data liquidity in the healthcare industry has been a goal for more than 50 years, or since the first digitization of health information. This concept means that restricted health data is accessible to any authorized user on demand once it’s been entered into any system of record. So why are will still discussing the promise of data liquidity in the context of interoperability today? And further, why are we
The year 2020 and the global COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated technology solutions that make “virtual” the new reality. Most scenarios include using platforms like Teams or Zoom for: “Virtual work” to connect remote workers and customers in collaborative online sessions for business. “Virtual education” to connect students and teachers for distant learning and study groups.
To some extent, the term resilience has become 2020 shorthand for “surviving a global pandemic.” But as technical professionals know well, the goal of resilience long predates the cataclysms we’ve faced this year. As Mark Russinovich, CTO, Microsoft Azure, states: “Resilience is the ability of a system to fail gracefully in the face of—and eventually
Register for the Microsoft Resilience at Work US Summit, February 4 If characteristics define a person, then three that are critical to me are resilience, agility, and a passion for leveraging technology to solve human challenges. Before joining Microsoft, I founded and led a strategic advisory and information management services firm called Resigility, a
Customers are increasingly approaching banking with a digital-first mindset: they expect to be able to perform a range of financial activities from any device. Digital disruptors in the financial services space are offering these services, creating new competition for banks. Adoption of cloud technology has created a world of possibilities for banks, allowing a widescale
More and more, businesses are recognizing that incorporating Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance, or ESG, into their products and services directly correlates to financial results. Doing good is no longer at the expense of doing well. For both stakeholders and customers, ESG represents another point in their decision making. As allocators of capital, financial services
The Hispanic and Latinx community in the United States has increased its strength over the past few years, both in terms of the market that we represent and the influence we have on business, economics, and politics. Finance is a natural place for that community to gain prominence, where we rely on our abilities to frame issues and move toward solutions. Any entity that wants to succeed
