Ever increasing complexity is holding back digital transformation efforts and restricting cloud adoption. Reducing complexity and increasing security is high on the agenda for CIOs and businesses in Singapore.
IBM Center for Applied Insights Study.
Hybrid cloud is the de facto state of IT. Leading organizations are blending traditional and cloud infrastructures to achieve better business outcomes—from reduced costs and improved productivity to business growth and digital transformation. What’s more, they’re using hybrid cloud to springboard to next generation activities that allow them to disrupt and capture new markets.
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Telecom and CommunicationInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Telecom and Communication.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
IBM Center for Applied Insights Study.
Hybrid cloud is the de facto state of IT. Leading organizations are blending traditional and cloud infrastructures to achieve better business outcomes—from reduced costs and improved productivity to business growth and digital transformation. What’s more, they’re using hybrid cloud to springboard to next generation activities that allow them to disrupt and capture new markets.
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Telecom and CommunicationInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Telecom and Communication.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Company Culture is Key to Unlocking Gender Equality and Narrowing Pay Gap, New Accenture Research Finds
“Getting to Equal 2018” report identifies 40 key factors that help all people thrive
Executives would like to see IT take the lead in improving organisational agility, but to do so requires the ability to manage change in the face of complexity.
Digital Transformation ROI Survey From Wipro DigitalWipro Digital
“Digital transformation” has been a part of our lexicon for nearly six years. Yet, there’s hardly consensus on what it means. Maybe it’s time to recognize it served its purpose to galvanize business leaders around a needed change in their business to become more digital. But now, it may be holding CEOs back from fulfilling the potential of their digital agenda through a much wider and needed enterprise transformation.
European survey on consumer preferences in telecom and the digital evolutionGerd Callewaert
In this 10 country Ipsos study across Europe we look at various opinions of European consumers in relation to the usage of telecoms, their preferences, their beliefs on the evolution of the sector.
Leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) conducted global research with 400 executives and ITSM shareholders to provide actionable understanding of the appetite, adoption, maturity, and near-term plans for these technologies and their transformational impact on ITSM.
These slides based on the webinar provide highlights from this new research!
Is Your Company Ready to enter the "Cloud"?
Learn about Cloud Computing, Cloud Adoption Facts and Figures, Future Technology Trends, and Cloud TCO and Business Goals and Objectives that are Driving Investments for Cloud Initiatives.
EMA’s research report, “Network Performance Management Strategies for the Digital Enterprise,” offers IT professionals a guide toward understanding NPM technology. EMA surveyed 250 IT professionals and conducted a half-dozen phone interviews to identify best practices and successful strategies for NPM solutions.
Check out these slides--based on the webinar featuring EMA Research Director Shamus McGillicuddy --to get some of the results of this research.
Foundry's Digital Business research was previously published under the IDG Communications brand. The study outlines the strategies and technologies that organizations are adopting to successfully complete their journey to become a digital business.
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Banking and InsuranceInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Banking and Insurance.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
[Webinar Slides] Capture Leaders & Their Projects: We Asked, They Answered. D...AIIM International
In this webinar, exclusively for BPOs and Outsourced Service Providers, we share with you the results of our recent survey from the leaders of capture projects. Find out how Parascript works with its partners to ensure that customers improve and update their capture platform and processes.
Want to follow along with the webinar replay? Download it here for FREE: https://info.aiim.org/capture-leaders-and-their-projects-2019
Accenture Technology Vision 2019 Ireland Findings: The Post Digital Era is Hereaccenture
Accenture's Technology Vision 2019 surveyed over 100 Irish business and IT executives to identify five distinct trends in digital transformation that are impacting business leaders today.
Developed with Forum for the Future, an international sustainability non-profit organization, and based on our own interviews and executive survey, Vision 2030: A connected future highlights the opportunities that experts and business leaders see for IoT, data and connectivity to create a sustainable future.
The report outlines a future vision for IoT driven connectivity and highlights the barriers that need to be overcome to realize this vision and concludes with recommended next steps.
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Manufacturing and High-techInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Manufacturing and High-tech.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
A new report from Dynamic Markets shows that – far from improving agility and effectiveness – 52 percent of organizations have missed deadlines and 75 percent have damaged their ability to innovate due to poor integration between cloud applications and other operational systems.
The state of it complexity in apj whitepaper finaldigitalinasia
Ever increasing complexity is holding back digital transformation efforts and restricting cloud adoption. Reducing complexity and increasing security is high on the agenda for CIOs and businesses
in Asia Pacific region and Japan.
Company Culture is Key to Unlocking Gender Equality and Narrowing Pay Gap, New Accenture Research Finds
“Getting to Equal 2018” report identifies 40 key factors that help all people thrive
Executives would like to see IT take the lead in improving organisational agility, but to do so requires the ability to manage change in the face of complexity.
Digital Transformation ROI Survey From Wipro DigitalWipro Digital
“Digital transformation” has been a part of our lexicon for nearly six years. Yet, there’s hardly consensus on what it means. Maybe it’s time to recognize it served its purpose to galvanize business leaders around a needed change in their business to become more digital. But now, it may be holding CEOs back from fulfilling the potential of their digital agenda through a much wider and needed enterprise transformation.
European survey on consumer preferences in telecom and the digital evolutionGerd Callewaert
In this 10 country Ipsos study across Europe we look at various opinions of European consumers in relation to the usage of telecoms, their preferences, their beliefs on the evolution of the sector.
Leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) conducted global research with 400 executives and ITSM shareholders to provide actionable understanding of the appetite, adoption, maturity, and near-term plans for these technologies and their transformational impact on ITSM.
These slides based on the webinar provide highlights from this new research!
Is Your Company Ready to enter the "Cloud"?
Learn about Cloud Computing, Cloud Adoption Facts and Figures, Future Technology Trends, and Cloud TCO and Business Goals and Objectives that are Driving Investments for Cloud Initiatives.
EMA’s research report, “Network Performance Management Strategies for the Digital Enterprise,” offers IT professionals a guide toward understanding NPM technology. EMA surveyed 250 IT professionals and conducted a half-dozen phone interviews to identify best practices and successful strategies for NPM solutions.
Check out these slides--based on the webinar featuring EMA Research Director Shamus McGillicuddy --to get some of the results of this research.
Foundry's Digital Business research was previously published under the IDG Communications brand. The study outlines the strategies and technologies that organizations are adopting to successfully complete their journey to become a digital business.
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Banking and InsuranceInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Banking and Insurance.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
[Webinar Slides] Capture Leaders & Their Projects: We Asked, They Answered. D...AIIM International
In this webinar, exclusively for BPOs and Outsourced Service Providers, we share with you the results of our recent survey from the leaders of capture projects. Find out how Parascript works with its partners to ensure that customers improve and update their capture platform and processes.
Want to follow along with the webinar replay? Download it here for FREE: https://info.aiim.org/capture-leaders-and-their-projects-2019
Accenture Technology Vision 2019 Ireland Findings: The Post Digital Era is Hereaccenture
Accenture's Technology Vision 2019 surveyed over 100 Irish business and IT executives to identify five distinct trends in digital transformation that are impacting business leaders today.
Developed with Forum for the Future, an international sustainability non-profit organization, and based on our own interviews and executive survey, Vision 2030: A connected future highlights the opportunities that experts and business leaders see for IoT, data and connectivity to create a sustainable future.
The report outlines a future vision for IoT driven connectivity and highlights the barriers that need to be overcome to realize this vision and concludes with recommended next steps.
Human Amplification In The Enterprise - Manufacturing and High-techInfosys
Infosys commissioned a study to develop a research methodology and get insights into the current nature of digital transformation enterprises undergo, across industry verticals. This deck provides industry specific insights from Manufacturing and High-tech.
The study sought to understand a) the specific drivers of digital transformation for enterprises, b) the various facets of this transformation, c) expected and ensuing outcomes, and d) the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
A new report from Dynamic Markets shows that – far from improving agility and effectiveness – 52 percent of organizations have missed deadlines and 75 percent have damaged their ability to innovate due to poor integration between cloud applications and other operational systems.
The state of it complexity in apj whitepaper finaldigitalinasia
Ever increasing complexity is holding back digital transformation efforts and restricting cloud adoption. Reducing complexity and increasing security is high on the agenda for CIOs and businesses
in Asia Pacific region and Japan.
Why IT Struggles With Digital Transformation and What to Do About Itrun_frictionless
To win the digital transformation race, successful CIOs need to overcome three immense challenges: Massive backlogs, legacy debt and scarce resources. And, at the same time they need to embrace new methods, better suited to fast-paced innovation.
www.runfrictionless.com
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Digital Transformation and Application Decommissioning - THE RESEARCHTom Rieger
The resulting research paper from the August 2020 market surveying of 1000s of IT professionals around the current state of affairs and what is happening over the next 18-14 months.
Going Digital? Not Without a Simple, Modern and Secure IT BackboneCognizant
To compete in today’s digital world, enterprises need a fast, efficient and extensible IT foundation that reduces complexity, enhances agility and enables resiliency. Here’s our blueprint on how to get started.
The Four Essential Pillars of Digital TransformationIan Thomas
Based on years of practical experience this whitepaper distils four key pillars we have observed time and again in successful digital initiatives, providing a structured foundation for an orderly, end-to-end digital transformation of the enterprise.
Organizations today are discovering new realities around the cloud and data center, IT supply chain management, the modern workplace and digital transformation. For the 2019 Insight Intelligent Technnology™ Index, we surveyed 400 IT professionals to assess how they’re optimizing technology to unlock these growth opportunities. Explore the key takeaways.
Outsourcing became an emerging trend in the late 1980s/early 1990s. In the subsequent 30 years, it became a strategic business imperative for businesses in the USA and Europe.
In the 1990s, outsourcing consisted of hardware and networking-related work. However, in the internet era of the late 90s and heavy digitalization of industries in the early 2000s, outsourcing started taking a more evident shape. Business process outsourcing, software development, and full-fledged IT function outsourcing gained rapid pace during this period. The business of outsourcing became more client-oriented and just not an internal business process anymore.
For the win: Breaking down the preferences of Asia’s mobile gamersdigitalinasia
No platform is more ripe with opportunity for game developers and publishers than mobile.
That’s especially true in Asia, where 1.21 billion mobile gamers — more than half of the
world’s mobile gaming population1
— consistently drive the lion’s share of global mobile
games revenue.2
More universally accessible and affordable than their PC and console
predecessors, mobile games offer publishers a direct line to a wider audience of players
than ever before, and empower developers with more freedom to experiment with a
growing assortment of genres, monetization models, and styles of gameplay.
As mobile titles have evolved from simple control schemes to more complex and immersive
experiences, they’ve also revealed even more nuances among Asia’s growing audience
of mobile gamers. Considering the rich diversity of local customs, traditions, and player
preferences across the region, launching a successful mobile game can be a tricky
science — and it starts with getting to know the local landscape.
In the final installment of our series of insights on Asia’s gaming market, we’ll take a
look at the region’s top-grossing mobile games and genres to explore how evolving
player preferences, culture, and game developers have uniquely shaped the landscape
of each country.
Let’s start with Asia’s most prominent hub for mobile gamers — China.
The dramatic events of 2022 will shape the crypto landscape for years to come.
Chart 1. Rolling 1y Sharpe ratio
Sources: IEX Cloud and Coinbase.
Yet, despite the uncertainty surrounding the
potential fallout, there are important
characteristics that distinguish this market
from the previous crypto winter. For one,
institutional crypto adoption remains firmly
entrenched. Many investors take a long-term
perspective and recognize the cyclical nature
of these markets. Rather than stepping back,
they are using this environment to hone their
knowledge and build the infrastructure to
prepare for the future.
But no one is arguing that digital assets
haven’t faced an important setback. The
total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies
is currently around US$835 billion, down 62%
from $2.2 trillion at the end of 2021, albeit still
high relative to most of the asset class’ history.
Comparatively, the Nasdaq is down 30% since
the end of 2021 and the S&P 500 down 18%.
From a Sharpe ratio perspective however,
crypto’s risk-adjusted return actually
performed in line with US and global stock
indices through 2022 and did much better
than US bonds. Prior to the fallout in November,
an equally-weighted basket of BTC and ETH
offered a negative Sharpe ratio of 1.08 compared
to an average negative return of 0.90 for US
stocks. This is a significant deviation from
the trend observed in the last crypto winter,
when digital assets underperformed nearly
all traditional risk assets for the duration of
2019 and into early 2020.
4
The differences between these periods may
also be observed in the prospective fallout
from the latest crypto downturn. For instance,
we expect greater calls for regulatory clarity
to emerge, as institutional investors push for
better governance and standards to help
make the asset class more accessible, safer,
and easier for all to navigate. This will take
time, however, as the industry puts lessons
about systemic deficiencies in the right
context and applies the necessary risk
controls to protect its customers.
Looking ahead, we believe the evolution
of the crypto ecosystem is putting subjects
like tokenization, permissioned DeFi, and
web3 front and center. Meanwhile, bitcoin’s
core investment thesis remains intact, while
Ethereum seems to be outpacing its layer-1
competition in terms of network activity.
We are seeing a greater variety of use cases for
non-fungible tokens outside of art, like using
NFTs to certify and authenticate real-world
assets or as ENS domain names. Stablecoins
are now one of the largest sectors in the crypto
ecosystem with an outsized role in storing and
transferring wealth.
We discuss these trends and many more in the
enclosed report
The annual Asia Video Industry Report is a
treasure trove of insight and information
and if you want a holistic view of the state
of our industry at the end of 2022, it is
required reading. There is such a variety
of topics and opinions that it is a great
resource to be able to revisit and always
find something new.
The other great thing about this report
is that like everything that we do, it
represents our membership. As an
industry body, our strength always lies
in the members we represent. It is by
channelling the passion and hard work of
all of you that we, as an industry, can be
successful.
Nothing is ever straightforward or
predictable. We thought the outbreak
of a global pandemic was going to test
us and it did, but perhaps not as much
as now - the process of coming out of it,
with the world’s economy under serious
strain. Visions of a tech-led future that
saw valuations reach historic levels under
COVID have been replaced with a more
sombre assessment of priorities – the
key ones being financial profitability and
sustained growth prospects.
So while there is little doubt some of
us will have some rocky times ahead, I
am very confident of the outlook of the
Asian video industry. Profitability and
sustained growth prospects are exactly
what I see. They may not be the first to
tell you, but consumers love what they are
getting. They love the wealth and depth
of amazing shows being produced, they
love the international hits, they love the
local investments in their own stories
and culture, and they love discovering
lesser-known shows from countries they
are less familiar with.
Is there more rationalisation which
needs to be made? Will we see more
consolidations? Will there be more debate
about peak content and its relationship to
financial stability? The answer to all three
of these questions is certainly yes. But
these are growing pains in a sector that
will continue to grow and be immensely
successful. All the tweets and user
generated content in the world cannot
replace the value of well-crafted, well-told
and well-produced stories.
I also believe we have matured
enormously as an industry over the last
few years. If there was any panic over the
disruption the industry has been through,
I believe it has gone. And I see greater
certainty and confidence in the roles
each company plays. There is a more
sombre assessment by each company
of the value that they bring which others
do not. Temptations to try to be D2C and
D2B and a content producer and a tech
company have abated, and we look more
like an industry now with everyone in their
right place.
The role AVIA plays continues to evolve
and while it is not always directly visible,
I believe it remains more important now
than at any previous time. The analogy
I always use is of building and securing
the foundations on which our industry
sits. The stronger and more secure we
can make them, the taller the individual
buildings can grow. The impetus to
regulate in the digital realm is only getti
China’s influencer marketing industry is well ahead of the rest of the world. The
advanced functionality and integration of social media, e-commerce and mobile
payments has enabled the Chinese KOL and KOC economy to grow at a pace not
seen anywhere else in the world. This growth has been accelerated by the Covid-19
pandemic and the consequent prevention measures that included closing physical
stores, dining in, in-person events and sporadic district lockdowns. These measures
have led to a significant increase in the amount of time Chinese consumers spend
on the internet. In fact, the average Chinese consumer today spends over seven
hours a day on the internet . About two-thirds of those seven hours is spent using
social or content apps, as users increasingly seek information about the world
around them through social media, influencers and friends to help make purchase
decisions.
PJdaren’s preliminary estimates suggest that from September 2021 to October 2022
there were more than 10.1 million KOLs and KOCs across China’s social media
ecosystem with a fan base of over 10,000 followers – a figure larger than anything
seen elsewhere in the world. China’s influencers published an average of 38.3 million
posts on a daily basis.
PJDAREN INSIGHTS 4
CHINA’S INFLUENCER MARKETING INDUSTRY
Introduction
According to the National
Bureau of Statistics, China’s
influencer economy grew
from CN¥241.9 billion (US$
38.5 billion) in 2018 to CN¥1.3
trillion (US$210 billion) in 2020.
It is estimated that by the
year 2025, the total market
size of China’s influencer
economy will reach CN¥6.7
trillion (US$1.035 trillion).
DENTSU - 2023 Global Ad Spend Forecasts.pdfdigitalinasia
The world is entering a period of
economic downturn.
3 Advertising is a
bellwether industry, which means that it
is at the forefront of the economy, and
we are already seeing a slowdown in the
market.
During the pandemic, governments
provided fiscal stimulus to keep their
economies going, for example, through
furlough payments to keep workers at
home, and loans and grants to keep
viable businesses ticking over while
they could not trade. This expansion of
the money supply has led to inflation -
also helped by supply chain disruption
caused by further lockdowns in China
and the situation in Ukraine - which
governments are trying to address by
raising interest rates and taxes.
This in turn has led to a slowdown in
demand for products and services from
consumers who are less able to spend
or feel less confident about future
prospects, so are less willing to invest
in big ticket items like new cars and
homes. Consumers will be looking for
ways to save money, and for this reason
many subscription-only businesses
like streaming platforms are looking
for alternative ways to monetise, for
example, through advertising.
The past two years have necessitated big swings and quick thinking. In 2023, smart
business leaders will get focused — pruning efforts that aren’t bearing fruit and prioritising
long-term growth. The war in Europe and resulting global economic slowdown are forcing
firms in Asia Pacific to find new growth drivers and lead with purpose as uncertainty
rises. Most will struggle, however, to find a balance between investing in transformation
and growth while simultaneously embracing environmental sustainability, resilience, and
employee empowerment.
Trust will be at the forefront of business operations in 2023. Customers are increasingly
weary of organisations playing fast and loose with their personal data, and regulators aren’t
far behind. And it won’t stop there — fuelled by the ire of fed-up customers and employees,
regulators will scrutinise greenwashing, misinformation, and employee surveillance.
The interlocking market dynamics of 2023 will require business leaders to adhere to a
long-term strategic vision while operating within unknown territory. A laser focus on their
organisations’ missions and strengths — and a willingness to shed distractions that don’t
move the needle — will be the defining factor of success in 2023.
The macro and political backdrops are much different today than they were twelve months ago. I wrapped up the 2022 report when interest rates were near zero, and crypto markets and the S&P sat at all-time highs. We didn’t have a single proxy war with a nuclear-armed adversary! And we had Dem- ocratic leadership in both chambers of Congress.
Portfolios are down 80% since then. Crypto startups are (sometimes) required to have business models before VCs cut checks, and nine figure checks might (maybe) begin to include board oversight. The separation of money and state feels inevitable as countries are getting canceled. Real policy is taking shape in DC, and the outlook for regulatory progress is somewhat rosier.
Is this the dark before the dawn, or the beginning of a long Arctic winter? I believe in crypto.
Bitcoin and Ethereum seem to be on long-term stable ground. DeFi will take major strides forward next year. Privacy tech will be promoted as an integral part of the future of public blockchains (or get de facto banned on dystopian and vague “national security” grounds). Infrastructure investments around code security, decentralized hardware, virtual worlds, custody, protocol governance, and block- chain scalability are all in vogue. There will be less NFT speculation. Fewer moon fumes.
I will probably spend more time in this report deconstructing crypto policy than you would like, but I’ll make fun of important people along the way to keep it zippy.
Once again, this beast took me 200 hours to write. That’s a lot, but it’s also down about 20% from last year. I thank the Messari analyst team for those cost savings. They write good stuff daily for Messari Pro subscribers, and you should sign up. If you’re an institution or crypto startup, stop missing key insights: our Enterprise-level offering give your company the research and data tools you need to save more time, energy, and long-term compliance costs on day-to-day crypto work.
In 2022, Messari tripled our team size and revenue in a down market. We closed a Series B, launched several new products (Asset Intelligence, Protocol Metrics, Data Apps), and doubled the size of Main- net 2022 in NYC. We’re still hiring. Come with me if you want to live.
Every year, people ask me how I write all this stuff in such a short amount of time. Mostly, it’s a labor of love. I am grateful to have the opportunity to build in this industry, and we appreciate the builders who have supported us through thick and thin. This report is a token of appreciation.
But if I’m being honest, there’s also a certain amount of rage that fueled this report. The bad actors have gotten all of the oxygen this year, and set back the good actors and years of progress that they had made.
I hope The Theses shifts the focus away from the frauds and the tourists, and back to the pioneers. I wrote this in the pioneers’ defense.
The only constant in commerce is change. And the only way forward is to adapt. In the past year, we’ve seen millions of businesses display resilience in the face of the unexpected, contributing to over $27 trillion USD1 of retail
sales worldwide. But 64%2 of global businesses are still recovering from the negative impact of the pandemic.*
Economic obstacles from the pandemic were compounded further in 2022, when the Russia-Ukraine
war led to sanctions that delayed or halted trade altogether. The fiscal instability is driving the highest inflation in 40 years.3
Online shopping jumped 77% year over year just months into the pandemic, accelerating the innovation and
*All values are in U.S. dollars
adoption of digital commerce by half a decade.4 Shopping, working, and socializing online became commonplace.
But after years of lockdowns and restrictions, people now crave meaningful connection across all facets of life—including commerce. Physical spaces make those points of connection between merchants and customers possible, including online and offline commerce.
As brands grapple with the challenges in 2023, they’ll need to respond by adding flexibility to their products, plans, and policies. With an economic recession on the horizon, being agile has never been more important. This report outlines the global trends equipping brands to confront the unexpected.
TALKWALKER - Social Media Trends 2023.pdfdigitalinasia
2023 - The year when brands build
on consumer trust
The last few years have been disruptive. We’ve gone through
a pandemic, lockdowns, supply chain issues, and a cost of
living crisis. Consumers have come out of it changed.
More urgent, more demanding, more fickle, and until now,
brands have struggled to keep up.
4
#SocialMediaTrends2023
Introduction
2023 will disrupt all that.
Brands won’t take back control. But, they will learn to shake
up the industry by managing the symbiotic consumer/brand
relationship. Simply by being better listeners, and using more
immersive consumer insights to get closer to their
communities, with a seamless ability to quickly capitalize,
and act on them.
In the 8th edition of our report, we look at the 10 biggest
trends of 2023, and how they are driven by the needs of
consumers. Including:
• Data-backed insights on why the trends will matter in 2023
(and beyond)
• Input from global experts and industry veterans on why
these trends matter
• A combination of insights and brand actions to maximize
outcomes for consumers and brands
Both 2021 and 2022 have been hallmark years in all things Web3, crypto, and blockchain. The market has dramatically expanded - we’ve seen new highs and some sobering lows alongside extraordinary and constant innovation. Here at Vayner3, we’ve grown from a small group of passionate crypto- natives to an end-to-end Web3 consultancy with 25+ enterprise clients across CPG, Retail, Fashion, Automotive, and Tech. Recent events have certainly surfaced clear bad actors and put the space in the spotlight for the wrong reasons, but we remain optimistic about our Web3 future. This paper will help explain why.
Web3 is the next evolution of the internet, consumer behavior, and culture powered by blockchain technology. Our definition of Web3 includes new technologies - cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DeFi, and the “metaverse” - but it also includes an important cultural and behavioral layer. Over the last 2 years, we have seen a renaissance begin in digital art, fashion, sports, music, and identity. As consumers spend more and more of their time online - and younger generations grow with a more intertwined version of physical and digital realities - we expect today’s fundamentals of emerging Web3 technology and culture to grow exponentially with profound implications.
In this paper, we attempt to dissect the meta Web3 narrative, dive into the data, and identify true signal in a (very) noisy market. We look at what matters most to marketers and operators at large enterprise organizations considering Web3 tech, and we focus on the near-term future. We stay grounded in business and technological realities, and we fully acknowledge that macroeconomic forces and regulatory changes could play a major role in how 2023 unfolds. All things considered, we remain convinced: Web3 is going increasingly mainstream in 2023. Let’s build the future together.
The 12th edition of WARC’s annual Marketer’s Toolkit includes a series of reports aimed at helping marketers identify and focus on key areas of industry disruption, determine the most effective strategies, and benefit from arising opportunities.
COVID19 has had a substantial impact on digital consumption habits of people in Myanmar. Consumers have broadened their adoption of new technology to support their requirements from increasing digital entertainment including mobile games and online video, to online shopping and food delivery.
Influencer marketing has skyrocketed in the past five years. With the industry forecasted to hit USD $9.7 billion in 2020, Influencer Marketing Hub reports that 91% of marketers now view content creators as an effective marketing medium.
This 7-second Brain Wave Ritual Attracts Money To You.!nirahealhty
Discover the power of a simple 7-second brain wave ritual that can attract wealth and abundance into your life. By tapping into specific brain frequencies, this technique helps you manifest financial success effortlessly. Ready to transform your financial future? Try this powerful ritual and start attracting money today!
ER(Entity Relationship) Diagram for online shopping - TAEHimani415946
https://bit.ly/3KACoyV
The ER diagram for the project is the foundation for the building of the database of the project. The properties, datatypes, and attributes are defined by the ER diagram.
Multi-cluster Kubernetes Networking- Patterns, Projects and GuidelinesSanjeev Rampal
Talk presented at Kubernetes Community Day, New York, May 2024.
Technical summary of Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Networking architectures with focus on 4 key topics.
1) Key patterns for Multi-cluster architectures
2) Architectural comparison of several OSS/ CNCF projects to address these patterns
3) Evolution trends for the APIs of these projects
4) Some design recommendations & guidelines for adopting/ deploying these solutions.
1.Wireless Communication System_Wireless communication is a broad term that i...JeyaPerumal1
Wireless communication involves the transmission of information over a distance without the help of wires, cables or any other forms of electrical conductors.
Wireless communication is a broad term that incorporates all procedures and forms of connecting and communicating between two or more devices using a wireless signal through wireless communication technologies and devices.
Features of Wireless Communication
The evolution of wireless technology has brought many advancements with its effective features.
The transmitted distance can be anywhere between a few meters (for example, a television's remote control) and thousands of kilometers (for example, radio communication).
Wireless communication can be used for cellular telephony, wireless access to the internet, wireless home networking, and so on.
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The state of it complexity in singapore whitepaper final
1. Citrix.com
White Paper
The State of IT
Complexity in Singapore
Ever increasing complexity is holding back
digital transformation efforts and restricting
cloud adoption. Reducing complexity and
increasing security is high on the agenda for
CIOs and businesses in Singapore.
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FOREWORD
Colin Brookes, Senior Vice President, Sales and Services,
Asia Pacific and Japan, Citrix
Work is no longer a place. It’s an increasingly dynamic activity that people expect
to be as adaptable as they are.
How we work is changing, and favoring organizations that enable employees with
flexibility and personalized tools to boost productivity, engagement, and creativity.
The business advantage goes to those who can recruit, retain, and empower the
best talent, with the preferred tools that make technology an enabler, not an
inhibitor.
Yet, every major industry is also faced with constant change and looks to
technology to smooth the path to work that is faster, more efficient and flexible.
Complexity has grown exponentially. More workloads are moving to the cloud
and users require more Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, maintaining
and securing company data and IP is critical. At the same time, sources of data in
organizations today are multiplying at an exponential rate with the proliferation
of users, devices, content, apps, and networks. Meaning Organizations have
more rich data available to them than ever before, but data is only as good as the
insights it provides and the actions that can be taken as a result.
Work has also moved outside the office walls, and businesses need a new security
framework that enables flexibility, productivity, and innovation.
The future has never looked more complex. IT leaders are being asked not only to
deliver IT services, but also to improve business outcomes. Employees demand
anytime, anywhere access to a wide range of apps and personal devices. The cloud
is offering more choices than ever before, and this requires careful orchestration
of hybrid and multi-cloud environments, to drive innovation and agility. As if that
weren’t enough, cyber-attacks are on the rise and continue to threaten companies
around the globe. IT teams must protect apps, content, users and networks.
The State of IT Complexity in Asia Pacific and Japan study explores business
working environments and specifically addresses the IT challenges, security and
cloud readiness of businesses within Singapore.
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Research Methodology
In preparing this study, Citrix commissioned
The Glass Elevator to conduct a survey of
1,764 business and technology decision
makers from various industries and
government organizations in the Asia
Pacific region and Japan.
The study aims to explore IT complexity challenges,
digital transformation initiatives, security concerns and
cloud readiness. Definitions and explanations were
provided to ensure a common understanding of each
response.
INDUSTRIES
Banking/finance (13%)
Education (9%)
Government (7%)
Healthcare (8%)
IT services (30%)
Retail (15%)
AGE
18−29 (15%)
30−39 (42%)
40−49 (27%)
50-64 (16%)
65 years and over (1%)
AGE OF
BUSINESS
OPERATION
Less than 5 years (6%)
5–9 years (18%)
10–29 years (44%)
30–49 years (18%)
50–100 years (11%)
over 100 years (4%)
COMPANY SIZE
Medium: 50 – 249 employees (41%)
Large: 250 – 5,000 employees (46%)
Enterprise: >5,000 employees (13%)
SENIORITY
C-level (45%)
direct report to C-level (55%)
Responses to the survey were by invitation only.
Respondents consisted of CXOs, directors, senior
executives and IT managers who were required to
understand their business and IT working environments.
The survey was run between 23 July and 31 August 2018
across Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea,
and Singapore. Responses were evenly split across
each of the seven markets (14%-15%) and received a
minimum response rate of 100 CXOs per market.
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Introduction
Today’s C-suite are faced with a complexity conundrum. The
pursuit of agility, productivity and workforce mobility has added
more systems, applications and services, but what has been
removed? Almost nothing. Complexity continues to increase
and organizations in Singapore are starting to feel weighed
down, unable to deliver the digital transformation required of
tomorrow’s business.
A tangle of overlapping systems, applications, and new and old infrastructure costs
time, money, and affects innovation - hindering an organization from identifying
new business opportunities.
Although complexity is inevitable, as we live in a highly distributed world,
understanding the complexity and seeking ways to simplify the management of this
complexity to deliver on the promise of a positive end-user experience and secure
management of organization data and IP is possible.
Research commissioned by Citrix into the state of organizational complexity and
its impacts on business agility, digital transformation, security and cloud readiness,
titled; The State of IT Complexity in Singapore. This study uncovers correlations
between the increasing levels of complexity felt within organizations and their IT
environments. It also highlights a reduced capacity for digital transformation, cloud
adoption and ability to respond and prepare for new regulatory requirements and
improved data security management.
The Study also revealed the effect of complexity, delayed digital transformation and
cautious cloud adoption and a link to lost productivity. These are some of the main
concerns for businesses across Singapore.
This report provides valuable insights and strategies to help businesses in
Singapore take back control of their complex environments, and deliver flexible,
secure digital workspaces that can contribute to an increase in efficiency and unlock
productivity for businesses and government organizations.
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Constrained by Complexity
Complexity comes from all corners of a business, exacerbated
by the fact that many organizations have technology systems
that are built up, added to, improved over time or inherited
through acquisitions. Complexity can also come from sources
outside the control of an organization, through compliance
reporting requirements and even transparency and access to
information requested by customers and partners.
The pace of change, technological advancement and demands from workers to
bring personal devices and applications into the workplace has increased the
complexity felt by organizations at a rate never seen.
Today’s organizations are feeling the impacts. Over half (56%) of organizations in
Singapore believe their IT environments are significantly more complex, or more
complex than two years ago.
The sheer volume of applications that need to be maintained, delivered and
secured also continues to climb, with 42 per cent of businesses in Singapore using
over 100 business applications, higher than the Asia Pacific region and Japan.
Windows, web and mobile applications are in high use across Singapore.
More apps – from more disparate sources, cloud, on-premise, SaaS and any
combination – mean more complexity for IT management and worryingly
adds complexity for the end user, hampering day-to-day tasks and impacting
productivity.
The high adoption of Software as a Service applications (51%), higher than the
Asia Pacific region and Japan average of 45 per cent, shows a willingness to adopt
newer forms of technology and cloud-based programs. The adoption rates of
Windows (81%), web (70%) and mobile applications (64%) follows the timeline by
which each of these standards were introduced to market.
The research also uncovered troubling data, that end-users are showing signs of
IT fatigue at best, and at worst intentionally bypassing IT systems and procedures
to introduce personal applications, devices and processes into their everyday
work life.
With an alarming 95 per cent of respondents admitting that they bypass IT
policies and security, by using non-business approved applications to get work
done. This highlights, not only a security gap, but a growing dissatisfaction on the
part of workers, struggling to meet the demand of businesses using tools that are
no longer up to the task. Whilst IT departments are trying to keep pace with an
increasingly distributed workforce.
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Towards Digital Transformation
Although businesses are struggling under the weight of
complexity, or perhaps because of it, digital transformation is
well underway across the region.
Singapore is forging ahead with digital transformation, with almost all businesses
surveyed (100%) in some form of digital transformation. However, only 18
per cent of businesses consider themselves at a mature stage of their digital
transformation. Yet, the speed at which Singapore organisation expect to be in a
mature state of digital transformation is impressive, with 75 per cent expecting
maturity within one year.
The main reasons for undergoing digital transformation are business centric, e.g.
improving an organization’s own processes rather than being driven by outside
business factors. According to the findings, organizations in Singapore are primarily
seeking improved;
1. Cost savings
2. Productivity
3. Security and compliance
Digital transformation is not finite, it’s an ongoing evolution. The top three barriers
to digital transformation uncovered in the research are;
1. Lack of budget
2. Inflexible IT cultures / workflows
3. Legacy applications
A digital transformation strategy, designed to reduce complexity for the end-
user and for IT management, will not only unlock potential productivity from the
workforce, but also increase security and improve transparency. This assists with
compliance and required reporting under various laws and regulations.
Organizations must consider a long-term view of digital transformation, ultimately
to manage and reduce complexity, with a focus on delivering a secure, unified
digital workspace for the end-user that is simple to use, and importantly centralised
and simple to manage for IT.
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Concerned about security
Security continues to be a key concern for organizations
across Singapore. Although this is not surprising, it is telling
that security remains a top concern for organizations as they
struggle to address distributed workforces and connected
technologies.
Alarmingly, 95 per cent of Singaporean respondents admitted to using personal
or non-business approved applications (Shadow IT) to get work done. With over
half (56%) using Shadow IT on a regular basis. This exposes a huge risk to an
organization. Today organizations in Singapore have applications and solutions
operating within the organization, and accessing and analysing company data that
are unknown to IT, and unsecured, unmanaged and in many cases un-discoverable.
The business reputational and financial impact of lax security has never been
higher, with the introduction of more stringent privacy and data legislation such as
the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and related penalties.
With mandatory data breach legislation now enacted in many countries, the
majority (85%) of Singaporean businesses are concerned about their ability to
respond to requests regarding privacy policy and law.
The timeliness of a response is of greatest concern for Singapore, with 56%
per cent of Singapore organizations stating that they are concerned about
their ability to respond to a breach in time. This is followed closely by concerns
over complexity of where the data is located across different data silos and
applications, with 48 per cent. A lack of resources is also adding to the concern
with 34 per cent stating the drain on resources as their main concern. Singapore
is however, leading the pack, with only three per cent of respondents unaware
if they could respond, one of the lowest rates reported in the APJ region; and a
stark contrast to Japanese respondents, where 28 per cent stated that they were
unsure of their ability to respond.
As businesses seek agility and competitive advantage through the adoption of
cloud technology and implementation of digital transformation initiatives, they
must also address the very real possibility of data threats and breaches that this
opens.
Knowing where, how and who has access to company data, applications and
systems across an expanding array of devices and networks, is only becoming
harder. Organizations must consider a people-centric approach to security, with
a holistic view of the infrastructure, regardless of where applications, data and
workloads reside.
If organizations cannot rid themselves of the complexity around data integration,
storage and access; concerns over the ability to respond within the required
timeframes will quickly change to real world fines.
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Clouds on the horizon
Cloud readiness and cloud adoption are closely watched
across the region and globally. Advances in technology and
reduction in capital expenditure in favour for steady operational
expenditure, unlocks vital capital for improving business
innovation and processes. The advantages of cloud technology
are well evidenced, however opposing concerns around data
sovereignty, security and access control continue to be debated
in boardrooms across the region.
The study revealed that 84 per cent of organizations in Singapore are already
adopting cloud technology in the form of SaaS solutions delivered by well-known
brands like SalesForce, Office 365 and Workday.
A high percentage of Singaporean organizations (86%) are already approaching
the move to cloud strategically, and are currently using, developing or planning to
develop bespoke cloud native applications.
Cloud native applications in use, planning or development
AUSTRALIA
83% 85%
90%
92%
50%
73%
86%
CHINA INDONESIA INDIA JAPAN KOREA SINGAPORE
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The main concerns for adopting cloud technology for Singaporean businesses
were operational rather than being driven by external factors.
According to the findings, Singapore businesses were most concerned with:
1. Maintaining security
2. Cost / ROI
3. Maintaining regulatory compliance
With cloud applications and the drive to develop bespoke cloud native applications
well underway in Singapore, a private cloud model appeared to be the favoured
option; with 92 per cent of respondents stating that they have fully adopted,
or are currently adopting or planning to adopt a private cloud model in the
next 24 months. Singapore is also well underway with adopting private cloud
environments with 60 per cent either fully adopted or in the implementation
phase, currently one of the highest in the region, only behind China and India at 67
and 69 per cent respectively.
In all these great statistics, there is one clear laggard – analytics. When asked
if they felt that they or their organisation was missing out on the full benefits
of analytics; overwhelmingly, 93 per cent said yes. Half the people who felt
their analytics was lacking (42%), named concerns that the effectiveness of the
analytics being run, was being hindered by the dispersed nature of their data and
applications.
Based on the above responses, the hybrid multi-cloud adoption trend will
continue across the region for the next few years. And while this grows,
organizations in Singapore need to take control early, and seek out a solution
that allows for a unified, contextual and secure digital workspace that enables
employees to realize the full benefits of hybrid and multi-cloud environments,
while simplifying management, opening clearer pathways for analytics with a
holistic view and transparency into data sets and overcoming security challenges
with a people-centric approach to security.
The real strategic value of cloud adoption is as a platform for building your own
applications. This will really transform business processes, how organizations do
things, new ways of working and new ways of delivering those apps – this is real
digital transformation and should be considered part of a broader journey.
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Flexibility Frustration
The benefits of flexible working are clear, and can help workers
better balance their work and home lives. Happier workers are
more likely to be productive and innovative. They are also likely
to remain with their employer for longer, reducing recruitment
and training costs and minimising disruption in the workplace.
Although flexible working environments continue to grow, with most businesses
in Singapore are offering flexible working options (96%). The study reveals that
flexible working is highly restricted creating flexibility frustration.
As you can see with the graph above, although a generous 93 per cent of
organisations surveyed offered flexible working, the real percentage of workers
able to participate in flexible/mobile working was much lower, with a majority (72%)
restricted leaving only 21 per cent were offered broadly within the organisation.
FLEXIBLE WORKING IN SINGAPORE
Flexible/mobile working offered (93%)
Flexible/mobile working not offered (7%)
Flexible/mobile working is offered broadly
across the organization (21%)
Flexible/mobile working is offered,
but only to certain teams (41%)
Flexible/mobile working is offered,
but only to Senior management (20%)
Flexible/mobile working is offered,
but only for specific job functions (11%)
93%
7%
11%
21%
41%
20%
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Senior leadership must take responsibility for changing the culture, policies and
technologies to unleash the potential of flexible working within their organization.
With today’s technology, flexible working can easily be implemented. It is up to
businesses and government organizations to seize the day, implement policies
and encourage organization-wide culture change to embrace flexible working,
and unlock potential productivity gains from a happy, mobile, secure, and enabled
workforce.
Almost all (81%) of the Singaporean respondents agreed that employee user
experience is linked to productivity. Organizations need a secure digital workspace
that integrates technologies, platforms, devices, and clouds, to secure and
simplify IT management, while delivering employees personalized access to the
relevant systems and tools they need, when and how they need them; ensuring
excellent end user experience and promoting productivity.
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Conclusion & recommendations
The State of IT Complexity in Singapore study reveals how
increased complexity is hindering organizations across
Singapore to successfully digitally transform their business. A
strategic move towards a unified platform that simplifies the
end-user experience, while securing company data and IP, has
never been more important.
Providing a secure digital workspace, a single pane of glass, through which a worker
can access all the applications, data and system to get their work done – that can
be easily deployed and managed by IT, isn’t constrained by where the data and
applications are hosted or even what operating system they require – can free up
time, resources and eliminate frustration that has led to Shadow IT practices.
This futuristic state outlines the ideal flexible, secure, mobile and more importantly,
simple work environment. However, this is not some distant future – the future
is now, and is already being leveraged by some of the world’s largest businesses
to overcome the complexity they were facing, simplify work and enable their
workforce to work securely and seamlessly from anywhere, on any device or
network.
Strategies for combating complexity; managing ever-increasing lists of security
threats, while enabling your workforce to work flexibly, are outlined below:
For CIOs: For Organizations:
Focus resources on accelerating business outcomes.
Simplifying an ever-increasing complex IT infrastructure will
free up resources and help the IT department drive better
business outcomes.
Enable users to work from anywhere. Employees expect to have
access to whatever device or app they need, whether they’re at the
office or on the go. They also expect the same seamless
experience, regardless of where they’re working.
Design and deliver a simplified cloud strategy. Use a centralized
cloud strategy as the foundation for governing the use of cloud
services across the business and IT organization. The strategy
should shift apps and data to the cloud to accelerate innovation and
agility, while ensuring flexibility and control.
Invest in innovation.
Cloud-based infrastructures can reduce cost and risk while
unlocking potential productivity. It can also allow you to push the
enterprise to reach new markets, implement new business models,
and develop new products and services. Your cloud strategy must
consider multi or hybrid cloud options — not lock you into
infrastructures, clouds, endpoints, or data centers — and allow you
to shift strategies as often as innovation demands.
Get serious about security.
When your employees work anywhere on a multitude of devices,
the old ways of securing data with firewalls and perimeters is not
enough. Security must be smarter and center on the user. You need
new solutions that think about security differently, focus on the
user and provides people-centric security - such as a digital
workspace with a secure digital perimeter.
Be global.
Managing a dispersed workforce only adds to IT infrastructure
complexity. Seek out a single unified platform that centrally
manages users, devices, data, workloads, and networks,
to optimally leverage global resources and comply with data
governance restrictions.
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Case study; QIC
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) in Australia required
a system capable of both handling their rapid expansion into
international markets, and provide their growing team with
anytime, anywhere, access for their people. Utilising Citrix
solutions and cloud services allowed QIC to adopt a complete
solution without having to have any on premise hardware or
data center requirements. This allowed QIC to consume the
service without having to build or maintain it, giving them the
flexibility to move quickly.
Citrix and long-term Australian IT services partner MOQdigital designed a cloud
solution with virtual desktops in Microsoft Azure to help QIC achieve their goals of
greater access, higher performance and flexibility to scale on demand.
The importance of these systems was exacerbated by a nature disaster in
Brisbane, in which a flood caused damage to QIC’s traditional data centers. It
became clear that if they didn’t look to cloud, they would have business continuity
issues moving forward and no system for disaster recovery. Since moving to a
cloud service model, QIC has gained the opportunity to redeploy their services in
another region around the world in minutes.
“Citrix does help you stay ahead of the unpredictable, there’s no doubt about
that. They’ve done that for a long time and when you look at what cloud has
done, they’ve stepped it up to another level.
Now we’re able to run the Citrix workload in the cloud, so when we look at that
business continuity and staying ahead of that unpredictability… Citrix provides
that.”
— Scott McPherson, Solutions Director MOQdigital