Emerging Technology and Modern IT: The Key to Unlocking Your Data Capital

whitePaper | September 16, 2022

With the 2022 data and analytics edition, we further expand our series of Horizon Reports to focus on an emerging area of practice that is driving institutional decision-making and strategic planning for the future—the trends, technologies, and practices that are shaping the world of postsecondary data and analytics. Based on a methodology that grounds the findings in the perspectives and expertise of a panel of leaders in higher education data and analytics, in this report we summarize the panel’s input on the major trends shaping higher education, including panelists’ reflections on the implications of this research for the future of higher education for particular institutional roles.

whitePaper | October 21, 2022

Connecting high-quality data assets to the consumers who depend on them unleashes new possibilities for creating more business value.

whitePaper | March 12, 2020

This point of view is an exploration of the possibilities engendered by rethinking the role of data scientists in the wake of industrial revolution. It might be claimed that current trends in industrial revolution reflect a paradigm shift towards data centric processing with data science playing an increasingly critical role. This point of view also explicitly highlights the potential role of Data scientists as an emerging phenomenon, and then to show some of the benefits that this role can bring as we move towards industrial disruption

whitePaper | December 28, 2022

For companies looking to innovate, minimize costs, and monetize new opportunities, how they drive value from their data estate is a determining factor in whether they succeed or fail. Similar to the speed, scalability, and efficiencies offered by Cloud computing, the ability for companies to do the same with their data operations – although not yet realized for most – will have a similar impact.

whitePaper | October 5, 2022

As we assess the global business environment in the latter half of 2022, perhaps the best single word that describes the state of play is uncertainty. Planning for uncertainties is a significant part of what we, as business executives and individuals, do on a daily basis. In times of uncertainty, brands realize they must work even harder to retain customers and deepen relationships by delivering value and empathy at scale. As we analyze our uncertainties, we can take comfort and guidance from management guru Peter Drucker, who wrote that “strategy aims to exploit the new and different opportunities of tomorrow” (Managing in Turbulent Times, 1980).

whitePaper | September 26, 2022

Communications service provider (SP) traffic volumes are progressively increasing as networks evolve, user devices gain greater capacity, and applications engaging with advanced network data such as that from the 5G standalone (5G SA) network exposure function (NEF) start to deliver on customer expectations. Cloudification of network functions — virtualized network functions (VNFs) and cloud-native network functions (CNFs) — is placing new burdens on old systems and processes not designed to manage intent-based network architecture. Silos of data locked within many installed systems keep transformation efforts from reaching anticipated objectives.