Digital Disruption, Data Dynamics and Design Discovery - Softwire's February Features.

Welcome back to our regular round-up of the newest and best insight from Softwire and beyond!?

Before we go any further, we'd be remiss not to mention that Softwire is turning 24 this month!

That's almost a quarter of a century of driving digital change and innovation, through DotCom bubbles, the rise of cloud and mobile, the ongoing AI revolution, and a whole lot more - we're looking forward to finding out what incredible changes the next 24 years will bring!?

Back to the present, and this month we’ve got a bumper round-up of insights, including a close look at 萬事達卡 's digital evolution, ideas to help you encourage innovation across your organisation, and a some choice links and resources around Data, AI, and Product that we thought you should know about.?

We hope you’ll find this month’s newsletter useful, and as always, we’d love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve.

Now, Let's dive in >>>?

Podcast: MasterCard's Thomas Harris on navigating digital transformation

“A senior leader is only ever going to have visibility into 4% of all the available data in the business. The question then is, do they have access to the right 4%?” – Thomas Harris, MasterCard

Our latest podcast features Thomas Harris, SVP of Digital Business Transformation at MasterCard. Thomas sheds light on how industries are navigating through the challenges and opportunities of transformation. Listen now to learn:

• The importance of embracing a broad perspective: Understanding that digital transformation is unique to each org (and how to tailor your own approach).
• The critical role of aligning with customer-centric goals: Strategies for ensuring your digital transformation efforts are directly contributing to better CX.

The necessity of continuous learning and reskilling: Insights into the need to upskill tech capabilities, and?in competencies that facilitate better interaction with digital advancements.

This episode is crammed with insight for any business looking to become more digitally advanced.?

Listen now >>

Case Study: How Softwire helped Tax Systems leverage AI LLMs to transform data assessment and tax workflows

Learn how we created an AI-enabled system that was up to 20x faster than manual processes, and prove it was possible to achieve exceptional results using AI, giving Tax Systems the confidence to quickly press ahead with the development of a new production system. Read Now >>>

How to: Balance technology innovation with evolution

Softwire's Director Zoe Cunningham explores the keys to balancing technological innovation with evolution for sustained growth. Learn more in this insightful guide >>>

Legacy software modernisation: your route to success

Discover how legacy software modernisation can be your route to success. Read our detailed exploration for practical insights >>>

Wider insight from across the web

Check out a few of the most interesting and useful links we've seen this month.?

Data Engineering

• 5 Bad Habits Killing Your Potential as a Data Engineer - a handy reminder to help you develop good habits from Madison Schott over on Medium

Data & AI

• Six Generative AI Predictions For 2024 And Beyond - Where is AI heading next? Forbes has an interesting round-up.?
• Pentagon Generative AI Task Force Releasing New Exploration Tool Soon - The US Defence Department’s GenAI Task Force Lima is prepping a new digital sandbox rollout.

Product Strategy

• Developing a digital assets strategy – considerations for asset and wealth managers - Deloitte offers advice that's useful for anyone developing digital products and assets in regulated industries.?

Thanks again for reading - we hope you found this month's round-up interesting and useful!? We’re always looking for ways to improve, so if you want to discuss anything we’ve covered in this month’s newsletter (or you have a Data Engineering,?Product Strategy, or?Digital Engineering project you’d like to talk about), we’d love to hear from you!

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