How to negotiate uncertainty in banking: aligning growth with efficiency
Find out how leading bankers and innovators look to maintain growth and efficiency in a downturn, from the Financial Times Global Banking Summit in London. Read more
Data
How Azure Backup Center deals with constant change
There might be one thing that has not changed for IT Pros and operation folks, and that’s the need for an appropriate backup strategy. Read more
The future of banking: How to stay innovative, collaborative and secure
In the current economic environment, banks and other financial services firms recognise the need to embrace digital transformation to get maximum value from their technology investments and do more with less. Read more
A look at the announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2022
This year’s Microsoft Ignite is now over. Let’s take a look at some of the announcements, and how you can catch up on sessions if you’ve missed them. Read more
How to create an effective test plan
Software is complex. Writing software is even more complex. But there are ways to make it easier on ourselves. Read more
How data and AI will transform contact centres for financial services
Contact centres for financial institutions have traditionally been a core touch point for customers to access various types of immediate support – from queries to complaints to fraud alerting. Today their role hasn’t necessarily changed. However, the value organisations place on them certainly has. The focus is shifting from fitting customers around business processes to Read more
Part 2: The role of technology in helping communities to level up
Previously, we explored how data sharing will help ICSs to level up their care. We looked at how improving collaboration and proliferating best practice will ensure all individuals – regardless of their circumstances – can access the highest quality services. Now, we’ll look at the role of technology in underpinning collaboration and in driving more Read more
Part 1: The role of data in helping communities to level up
What does levelling up actually mean? In the health and care context, the term means better services and better care for all. It ensures all communities can access the very best services. Also, it makes sure no individuals, or individual segments of the population are left behind. The challenges The last couple of years has Read more
Virtual wards, real world benefits
Sometimes it takes a crisis to fully grasp an opportunity. Virtual wards were invented in the early 2000’s by Dr Geraint Lewis, now Director of Population Health at Microsoft. Despite that, it’s only in the last few years that they have taken the NHS by storm. Virtual wards help reduce hospital admissions, keep patients safer, Read more
How to turn data insights into action
Over the next three years, global data creation is projected to grow to more than 180 zettabytes. One zettabyte is approximately a trillion gigabytes. To visualise it, let’s turn a gigabyte into a brick. 180 zettabytes would build around 46,475 Great Walls of China. Organisations that can connect and use their data are more resilient Read more
How to turn your sustainability ambition into action
We know from the latest IPCC report on climate change that we have a very narrow window of time to ensure we achieve our global goal of operating within a 1.5-degree climate rise. The impact of not doing so will have devastating consequences for global temperatures, drought impacting food security, and flooding and sea level Read more
The developer-customer connection: Why dev-centred cultures are customer-centric cultures
Customers in today’s world expect a seamless interaction with a business. Because of this, your organisation’s essential business processes and interactions with customers, partners and employees increasingly depends on tailored innovative digital solutions. The teams who develop and manage these solutions – developers – are at the heart of the organisation. They’re critical in enabling Read more