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For Corporate’s Sake: Know Your Procedures for Global Systems Access

By Sharon D. Richards

Over the past two decades, IT teams have been adopting practices from agile development methodology – or at least a hybrid-agile approach – in which rapid software development and delivery methods rule supreme.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Automation: It's Not Hard, and It's Not Easy

By Keri Smith

Robotic process automation (RPA) is quick and cheap to implement, so why do some organizations struggle to get the benefits they expect?

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

SAP Licensing Molds to Digital Business

By Bill Huber

It will be important for each organization that uses SAP to embark on a careful strategy review – including discovery, scenario modeling, financial analysis and risk/reward decisioning – before determining its licensing path.

Categories: Consulting Network Advisory Services Software Advisory Services

The Automation Journey: From No, to Know, to Now

By Todd Lavieri

How much difference can automation make?

Categories: Banking Consulting Financial Services Industries Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Does Automation Heighten Compliance Risks?

By Mark Davison Ray Shehata

Insurance and financial services firms everywhere are flocking to robotic process automation (RPA) for obvious reasons.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

How Should a CFO Think about the Potential for Blockchain in Finance & Accounting?

By Scott Furlong David Houston

Blockchain is an emerging technology that allows data to be stored in a distributed ledger and continuously verified by network nodes that secure and process block transactions.

Categories: Blockchain Business Advisory Services Consulting

Bye-Bye “Classic” Windows PC

By Louis Pellegrino

The backbone of the Microsoft machine, PC-based Windows, is entering the twilight of its existence.

Categories: Consulting Network Advisory Services Software Advisory Services

Best Practices for Managing Risk through Automation

By Mark Davison

Finance leaders face continuing challenges in measuring and managing risk.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Does Your Software Buy/Sell Model Feel Like a Tenant/Landlord Relationship?

By Louis Pellegrino

You must have noticed that most, if not all, of your enterprise software suppliers have moved aggressively away from traditional software licensing models to hosted, service-based subscriptions.

Categories: Consulting Network Advisory Services Software Advisory Services

Paving the Cow Path: Automating As-Is Can Pay Off Quickly

Organizations have a choice to make when it comes to automating business processes.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

The Foundation of Successful Enterprise Agility – Strong DevOps Teams

Whether you are actively building a more agile enterprise with DevOps, lean and Agile methodologies or are just purchasing and implementing DevOps-enabling tools, investing in the capabilities of your people is key to the success of any DevOps initiative.

Categories: Consulting Operating Model Design and Implementation

The Urge to Merge Drives Vertical Integration and Market Disruption

By Bob Krohn

Vertical integration is shaking up the U.S. healthcare market.

Categories: Consulting Healthcare Industries Mergers & Acquisitions

Is Your Enterprise Chatbot-Ready?

By Wayne Butterfield

If the explosion of AI-powered technologies over the last few years has passed you by, then you may have missed the rise of the chatbot.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Flexible Operating Models Limited Only by Rigid Corporate Thinking

By Lois Coatney

The technology is there, and so is the desire of workers.

Categories: Consulting Operating Model Design and Implementation

Four Steps to Make Sure You Implement RPA The Right Way

By Jim Kane

Consider this situation: every time a customer makes a written request to Company ABC, it triggers a series of events.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Back to the Future

By Bill Huber

The workplace of the future is all about collaboration, agility, real-time sensing and visualization of resulting data, working virtually with a higher level of engagement.

Categories: Consulting Transition and Transformation

Creating a Culture for Enterprise Agility

By Ola Chowning

Technology is changing so rapidly these days it’s hard to keep up.

Categories: Consulting Operating Model Design and Implementation

Software as a Key to Transformation

Join ISG’s Bill Huber to explore how today’s leading enterprises are enhancing their software licensing to drive digital transformation at substantially lower cost.

Categories: Consulting Software Advisory Services

Travel and Hospitality Enterprises Map the Route to the Future

By Ajay Paul

We’ve become a generation of DIY travelers. We plan, manage and book our own travel online – and technology has made it all possible.

Categories: Consulting Industries Operating Model Design and Implementation Travel and Transportation

What You Need to Know about Including RPA in Your AMS Managed Services Contract

By Scott Moore Michael Fullwood

Automation technologies cover a broad spectrum of capabilities, from robotic process automation (RPA) to deep machine learning and natural language processing.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)