Tech Transformed

Fraud-as-a-Service, or FaaS, allows the offer of DDoS attacks, stolen data and social media passwords for sale, and all available with one single click.  It can allow not only cybercriminals to monetise their illicit skills, but allows non-tech savvy criminals to carry out their own cyber crimes on a whim.  In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to  James Br...

Data management is essential for the enterprise to get right, especially now as firms across all sectors are collecting and using vast amounts of data.  But what exactly is good data management? Why do we need it? And what are some of the unacknowledged ramifications that have serious impacts on our day-to-day lives? In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Analyst  Doug Laney  speaks...

IT service management, or ITSM, manages the delivery of IT services to employees and customers. A common misconception is that ITSM is basic IT support - but it’s so much more than that. Because, when done correctly, it can free up your enterprise to focus on essential automation. In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Analyst Dr Eric Cole speaks to Prem Maheswaran, Product Manager at ManageEngine,...

Confidential computing is a cloud technology that isolates sensitive data in a protected CPU enclave as it's processed.  Accessible only to authorised programming code, confidential computing helps protect private data and intellectual property while not worrying about the cloud as part of your attack surface.  In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to Ivar Wiers...

Hyperautomation is the business philosophy that the modern enterprise is using to rapidly automate SAP tasks and provide value back to the customer. A term coined by Gartner in 2019, hyperautomation and its rise are said to be indicative of how much RPA benefits businesses.  In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor  Matt Harris  welcomes  John Appleby , CEO at&nbs...

Data culture is becoming an increasingly important philosophy in the modern enterprise.  Making data-driven decisions is critical to the success of a company in today’s world, and there really is no better way to do that than ensuring a data culture runs through the firm.  There are plenty of studies that show a correlation between the maturity of a data culture and the success of a busi...

A software supply chain attack is when someone infiltrates your system by attacking a third-party provider or partner with access to your data.  Recent high-profile supply chain attacks, most notably SolarWinds, has this type of attack into the public eye, and it’s clear that with more suppliers handling sensitive data than ever before, the attack surface of a typical enterprise has been chan...

As data continues becoming a core part of how businesses operate and make decisions, managing data quality has never been so important.  Poor data quality can hit all enterprise levels hard, from marketers annoying prospects to supply chains becoming unable to automate processes properly. In this second episode of the three-part EM360 Podcast series with Anomalo on data quality,  Elliot...

Spatial data, also known as geospatial data, affects our everyday lives. A term used to describe data related to locations on Earth’s surface, spatial data can be used in everything from heat maps and political maps to smaller-scale indoor representations like in hospitals and offices.  In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Analyst  John Santaferraro  speaks to  Todd Lewis , Fo...

Data warehouses are centralised repositories of information that can be repeatedly analysed and utilised to make more informed decisions.  These are empowered by business analysts and data scientists who use BI tools to act more intelligently at a business level. In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to Umair Waheed, Head of Product Marketing at Yellowbrick, to discu...

As an IT Professional, you know that cyberattacks are ever-increasing, and businesses must do everything they can to ensure they remain protected.  Organisations across the globe are beginning to implement Zero Trust solutions to protect their files, data, devices, and networks. Zero Trust is a concept that operates on the idea that nothing can be trusted, and everything is a threat until it...

Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) systems are a fundamental part of an enterprises identity and access management strategy.  For companies that need functionalities like role-based access and automated approval, IGA systems can be essential in ensuring that the right people are getting access to the right things.  Sounds easy enough, but issues with adoption, sponsorship and e...

An information security program is the philosophy and group of practices that companies implement to protect essential business processes, data and assets.  Building out an effective program not only helps protect key aspects of your business, but also helps to define internal policies and procedures for assessing risk and mitigating future attacks.  In this episode of the EM360 Podcast,...

Data quality monitoring is a process that manages and ensures a high-standard data within an organisation.  Performed through strategies like automation and full-stack monitoring, companies set their own data quality metrics and KPIs to measure and evaluate it.   In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Analyst Christina Stathopoulos speaks to Jeremy Stanley, CTO and Co-founder of Anom...

Data governance in the modern world is the managing, utilising and securing of data in enterprise systems, and it’s becoming increasingly more important as organisations face new data privacy regulations as well as the need to make data-driven decisions. Well-designed data governance programs often include governance teams, steering committees and data stewards. But behind these lie data standards...

Customer experience, or CX, is the impression your customer has from all aspects of their journey, and the way you collect, store and analyse their data can be a big part of this.  A particular problem is inaccessible and disorganised data - so what’s the best way to organise and segment this with CX issues in mind? In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to Daniel Bai...

It’s safe to say we’re witnessing a digital transformation revolution.  Not just an integration of tech into all areas of a business, true transformation comes from cultural change and continuously challenging the limits of your brand.  And as the world becomes more and more digital, there’s no longer a question of if you transform, but when and how drastically your transformation is. In...

Cloud-native can mean a lot of different things.  Coined by Netflix as they became the world’s largest on-demand consumer content provider, cloud-native can increase the velocity of an enterprise to boost the efficiency of automation and scalability.  On this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to Mohamed Ahmed, VP of Developer Platform at Weaveworks, about: Security...

Raw data is data that has not yet been processed for practical use.  It, of course, has the potential to become real and actionable information - but the transformation requires selective extraction, organisation and formatting.  Businesses today are really beginning to recognise the value of raw data. With consumer data being one of the hottest commodities of the 21st century, the abili...

Networking technology giant Cisco has this year expanded its partnership with McLaren Racing, providing collaboration infrastructure to enhance the F1 team’s speed, scale and power across their stack.  McLaren Racing was founded by New Zealand racing driver Bruce McLaren in 1963, and with more than 180 F1 Grand Prix wins under their belt, they are one of the most iconic motorsport brands in t...

The evolution of business communication in the last 10 years, even the last 5 years, has been enormous.  Trends toward group chat apps and video calling have empowered companies to think bigger about their physical footprints, enabling enterprises to seamlessly work internationally.  Meanwhile, centralised internal comms have forced standalone solutions like PBX, conferencing and call ce...

Data discovery is a subset of business intelligence (BI), referring to the collecting and consolidating of data from multiple databases into a single source.  This makes it much easier to investigate and detect patterns, as well as apply real-time data controls to ensure safe storage and analysis. In this third episode of the three-part EM360 Podcast, Analyst  Christina Stathopoulos &nbs...

Least privilege is the philosophy which restricts access rights for users purely to the essentials.  Providing employees with the minimal level of privilege needed to do their job has its downsides; but goes a long way to reduce the attack firms of tech firms across the world. In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to Stephen Cobbe, CEO of Opal, to explore: Least priv...

Location Intelligence (LI) is how we use data to answer spacial questions. It goes beyond visualising data on a map - in fact, the analysis of location data has become integral to our daily lives. From 5G network deployments and geomarketing to Dominos Pizza understanding where you are and what you’re likely to order as soon as they pick up the phone, it’s clear that every sector is adopting LI to...

Low-code development platforms have been around for over a decade, and provide an environment in which app software can be created through user interfaces and configuration.  With these allowing for IT teams to build apps with modern interfaces, integrations and workflows at record time, it’s no wonder this corner of DevOps is taking the tech world by storm.  In this episode of the EM360...