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Reading Time: 5 minutes How we generate, manage, and consume energy is changing, especially in this volatile post-pandemic world. A sustainable utility future requires improved business resilience with the ability to quickly address new energy-transition requirements as well as increasing regulatory and political demands….
Reading Time: 2 minutes We live in a world of accelerating change, disruption, and technological breakthroughs. Since 2020, we have endured a pandemic, economic and supply chain shocks, and increasing social and geopolitical tensions. And simultaneously, we have witnessed the rise of incredible technologies…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Energy and utility companies are under constant pressure to decarbonize and electrify, and though this may be disruptive for operations (while being kind to the planet), the fundamental nature of electrification is that it can be easily digitized and monitored,…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imagine a chief information officer (CIO) at the forefront of an ambitious mission. The CIO’s company, in pursuit of growth and profitability, faces an all-too-common obstacle: harnessing the vast ocean of data. This CIO understands that the key to unlocking…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pandemic was a wake-up call that the supply chain needs systems and support that keep it resilient, responsive, and adaptive. Traditional data management approaches just won’t cut it, as they rely on physically replicating data from multiple systems into…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Providing timely, intuitive access to information has been top-of-mind for many companies, and their data professionals in particular. Over the past few decades, we have been storing up data and generating even more of it than we have known what…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last year, I was involved in a proof-of-concept (POC) in a major financial institution. It was mid-2023, and Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) was already reaching what’s known as Gartner’s ‘peak of inflated expectations.’ The POC was for a data…
Reading Time: 3 minutes In recent years, a series of global shocks – from the COVID-19 pandemic to geopolitical tensions like the Russia-Ukraine conflict – has disrupted industries worldwide, including healthcare, technology, retail, and manufacturing. These disruptions have propelled businesses into initiating or accelerating…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently, I was fortunate enough to get some time with the CIO of a mid-sized financial services company. When I asked him what his most pressing priority was for 2024, he answered, “taming the data storm.” CIOs are no longer viewed…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Regulatory compliance keeps getting more complex. Facing a range of regulations covering privacy, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), to financial regulations such as Dodd-Frank and Basel II, to…
