There is always someone in the room who makes a buzz about cloud security and who is even more surprised when I state that cloud security is not so different. Don’t get me wrong, cloud security is important, but it is not too different from non-cloud/on-premises security.

Being a project manager is a difficult job, but it’s very doable to succeed with the right mindset and approach.

New research from mental health charity Mind, has revealed that poor mental affects half of all employees, however, only half of those who had experienced stress, anxiety or low mood said they had talked to their employer about it.

The early 2000s have a lot to answer for, not least the dot-com boom and bust. Twenty years on we’re still experiencing the fallout – a generation scared away from technology careers because their parents felt it wasn’t a stable vocation.

Digital Business Is Here To Stay

More and more, organizations are being buffeted by rapid and significant change across their industries, markets, and customer bases.

MCA Think Tank Director Paul Connolly argues that policymakers are far too complacent about the UK’s productivity challenges

Research from Accenture Operations has found that organizations increasingly are looking to hire creative, innovative talent as part of their broader move toward developing intelligent operations that harness talent, data, and intelligence to make them more agile and responsive.

Whilst many banks are attracted to the UK’s stable financial markets, cross-border banking presents some unique challenges, namely balancing the anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory obligations of the firm’s home jurisdiction with the host country’s expectations and requirements.

Disruptive, unpredictable change among customers and competitors is forcing organizations to act more quickly—with intelligence, insight, and confidence.

When it comes to data quality, most technologists are familiar with the adage “Garbage in, garbage out”; and yet today, most organizations appear to be content with wallowing in junk. Just 3% of organizations examined by Harvard Business Review had data that met basic quality standards.

Deal results can be enhanced if acquirers focus on the supply chain during diligence and integration. Deals that involve complex supply chains often leave additional value on the table by overlooking the importance of a product flow analysis.

Building a cyber strategy can be overwhelming unless you start with large goals broken down into smaller milestones.

As a Learning & Development Consultant at =mc I have supported many organisations – from MS Society to the University of Reading to WWF UK – in developing their project management. Probably like many of you reading this, I also juggle several projects in the office.

Success with digital transformation requires different skills, workplace practices, organizational models and even cultures. Here are the six top barriers, according to Gartner.

I recently read Capitalism without Capital which I thought was a great book. Here is my review. It turns out that I have read a number of research papers and books over the last few years on the same kind of thread: how intangibles are becoming more valuable to organizations than tangibles are when it comes to driving productivity and growth. - by Andrew White

When historians try to make sense of our era, one word help sum things up – digital. Society and the economy are changing rapidly as digital technology is changing traditional business models and upending entire industries.

When you think about the compelling article written in this recent CIO Magazine article, one can’t help but recognize the plight of many failed IT projects is due to poor project oversight. Calling out the fact of “administration is not management “ is all too accurate. Project managers in today’s world need to be able to step outside of their comfort zone.

Keith Burnett is absolutely right that our university system is in a mess, but less so in suggesting that “no one knows what to do about it” (“British universities face a crisis of over-ambitious expansion”, August 1).The root of the problem is not increased participation, but the apparent acceptance that higher education is all about the money, both for students and providers.

Embedding a discipline within the project organisation to look at how well all the categories of costs and expenditure are being managed is a must says Turner & Townsend.