Building a Winning Data Team: 6 Functions Needed for a Modern Enterprise Data Organization

By organizing their team into six general functions, data leaders can build an organization that thrives in the era of artificial intelligence. Get the details in this TechRepublic exclusive by Forrester’s Kim Herrington. Continue reading Building a Winning Data Team: 6 Functions Needed for a Modern Enterprise Data Organization

Capital One/Forrester Study: Deploying Self-Service Data Strategies Is Fraught With Challenges

One challenge with self-service data strategies is increasing data trust and quality, according to this report. These strategies need to focus on technical and cultural goals. Continue reading Capital One/Forrester Study: Deploying Self-Service Data Strategies Is Fraught With Challenges

Cloud Strategies Are Facing a New Era of Strain in Australia, New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand enterprises in the public cloud are facing pressure to optimize cloud strategies due to a growth in usage and expected future demand, including for artificial intelligence use cases. Continue reading Cloud Strategies Are Facing a New Era of Strain in Australia, New Zealand

Forrester: 6 steps tech leaders should take even during the economic downturn

This requires maximizing the use of technology, avoiding tech layoffs, and emphasizing employee and customer experience outcomes, according to a newly released report.
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Tech leaders: Create an IT operating model that can adapt to disruption and still deliver value

When undergoing an IT operating model transformation, focus on three key areas to ensure success: process, governance and culture.
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Simpplr raises $32M for its intranet platform

Simpplr, a modern platform for building intranet sites (or ’employee communications and enablement platforms,’ as the company calls it), today announced that it has raised a $32 million Series C round led by Tola Capital. Norwest Ventures, which led the company’s Series B round last year, as well as Salesforce Ventures and George Still Ventures […] Continue reading Simpplr raises $32M for its intranet platform

Tokyo Olympics organizers’ data swept up in Fujitsu hack: report

The organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics is the latest victim of a breach in which hackers broke into a Japanese government contractor’s data-sharing tool, according to a Japanese media report. The breach affected some 170 people who participated in a cybersecurity drill ahead of the Olympic Games next month, Kyodo News reported. The leaked data included the names and affiliations of people from 90 organizations involved in hosting the Olympics, according to the outlet. It’s apparently the latest Japanese organization to be swept up in an incident that began with unidentified attackers accessing data-sharing software made by technology firm Fujitsu. The breach of the tool last month has reportedly given hackers access to data at multiple Japanese government ministries. Fujitsu has suspended use of the software as it investigates the breach. The Japanese government’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC), which hosted the cybersecurity drill, […]

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