Tech insights to enhance your business returns
On a wintry day in 2011, workers high above the squally, gray waters to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland, finished working on a project that had started more than 120 years earlier; one that had entered the local lexicon to denote a never-ending task. The painting of the Forth Bridge was complete.
For anyone that’s contemplated software maintenance, the experience of painting the 2.5km-long, 110m-high cantilever bridge might feel hauntingly familiar: once the maintenance crew had finished painting the entire length of the bridge, they would need to start again at the other end. And so it can feel with software, where significant chunks of the budget go into maintaining a monolith, without ever really adding value to the organization.
But modern business software isn’t supposed to be like a bridge: a fixed permanent structure. Technology changes too fast; customer expectations shift; new competitors emerge constantly. Consequently, organizations need software that can adapt.
While most business leaders recognize they need to be prepared for change, many are still locked into old ways of thinking about software: where it’s seen as a one-time purchase, that will suck up resources to maintain.
In one of our monthly highlights, our CTO Rachel Laycock , sheds light on a different way to think about software, one where change is a given —?and instead of merely maintaining a system, it’s evolved continuously to increase the value it provides.
How to build an organization that creates great products
Discover the seven steps to transform from project mode to product mode and adopt a product operating model.
How to overcome tech debt and keep your business moving
Too often enterprises overspend on software maintenance and underfund innovation. Here, our CTO Rachel Laycock outlines a new way to think about software that can unlock business value.
Responsible Tech: Grow your ‘now and next’ mindset
Protect your organization’s reputation by constantly reevaluating threats posed by malicious actors, questionable corporate behavior or a brand-new tech peril. Learn more here as our CTO Emerita, Rebecca Parsons delves deeper on how to do it.
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Media, tech and digital business trends
If you are in the media or digital space, consider this your invitation to join two of our senior technologists — Alexandra Lovin and Ken Mugrage to glean insights from the latest edition of the Looking Glass report. It explores more than 100 vital tech trends, from AI to augmented reality. In this session, you’ll discover which matter most to the communications, media, advertising and business services industries sector. And you can question our panel on how these trends will enable you to deliver significant business returns too.?
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? 5- 6 pm CET
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