Digital Business

British businesses fear they will face digital disruption by 2018

Half of all UK business leaders (50%) fear that their industries face significant digital disruption within the next two years, according to new research published by Microsoft. The financial services sector, which employs 2.2 million people and contributes ?66bn in taxes to the UK economy, is demonstrating the highest level of anxiety, with two-thirds (65%) of respondents fearing the impact of disruption on their markets over the course of the next 24 months.

Centrica selects Cognizant

Cognizant has been selected by Centrica, an international energy and services company, as a strategic partner to deliver end-to-end digital assurance as-a-service across Centrica’s technology landscape and enhance the efficiency, reliability and user experience of Centrica’s web and digital applications and smart devices.

The human touch - still valued

Four out of five prefer that human customer service interactions remain a part of customer service.

Public sector organisations miss the opportunity of cloud to support digital transformation

Research reveals majority of public sector executives see digital transformation as the biggest challenge of the coming year, but fail to prioritise cloud initiatives.

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Critical IT events cost millions

Splunk has published the results of new research in a report titled “Masters of Machines III—Mitigating the Impact of Critical IT Events”, from analyst firm Quocirca. Findings show that the average European organisation loses millions of pounds/euros every year from an average of three critical IT events (CIE) per month (36 per year), with each CIE costing on average ˆ115,034/?88,488. A CIE occurs when a business application or infrastructure is down or has a malfunction....