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If data is the new currency, what doe this mean for your current IT landscape? In the past decade, Cloud Industry rose annually to a 370 billion market last year. However, the companies are still hesitant when it comes to moving their currency into the Cloud. But wait, is that only value for the business?

While we are moving towards a cloud-based world, companies need to create an advantage by understanding the possibilities of the Cloud for their business. If you are a business owner, you have to keep pace with the development of cloud technologies and continuously be aware of the impact it has on your business.

In the tenth episode of Digital Business Disruptors, we focus on Cloud for Business.

Do companies understand the benefits of Cloud for their businesses, and what value does the Cloud bring for new business models, IT landscape, operations and technology!

We concentrate on debunking the hype and understanding businesses' real value in conversations with two domain experts.

In the past decade, we have created more data than in the whole history of humankind! While the tools to extract, process, analyse and visualise data are getting cheaper, companies are still struggling with the data phenomena. This internal company debate is not so much about technology to utilise data but how you can use technology to develop new business models that leverage technology.

Companies make thousands of decisions every day. The success of every enterprise depends on the quality of the decisions that it makes!

Do companies understand the benefits of Data for their businesses, and what value does the data bring for new business models, prediction on the strategic, tactical and operational level?

In the ninth episode of Digital Business Disruptors, we focus on Data for Business. We focus on debunking the hype and understanding businesses' real value in a conversation with three domain experts.

Our appetite for bandwidth is growing exponentially; next to that, we also want to measure complex physical phenomena using miniaturized equipment. These developments ensure the need for the development of new technologies! With high-frequency electronics, photonics is becoming the base for the next generations of chips and industries. However, integration of photonics and electronics is essential to ensure the transition.

The science of generating, controlling and detecting light is the future! Light-based technologies can also enhance energy conversion and conservation, lighting and high-quality manufacturing.

Photonics play an essential role in driving innovation in an increasing number of fields. The application of photonics spreads across several sectors: from optical data communications to imaging, lighting and displays; from the manufacturing industry to life sciences, health care, security and safety.

Combined with recent development in Artificial Intelligence, Photonics will ensure faster market adoption in business to business.

Do companies understand the benefits of Photonics for their businesses, and what value does the implementation bring for their data, application landscape and processes?

In the eighth episode of Digital Business Disruptors, we focus on Photonics for Business. We focus on debunking the hype and understanding businesses' real value in a conversation with three domain experts.

Over 7,000 data breaches were reported in 2019. Protecting customer data weighs on corporations, which are facing increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks.

“So, you never know, the bad guys are continuing to invest as much as the good guys. And we got to stay out ahead of it. We got to remain vigilant.”
Alfred Kelly CEO Visa

Business and their data are more vulnerable than ever before in the digital era. Cybersecurity is necessary to operate your business efficiently—but it’s also critical for protecting your customers’ information. Cyberattacks usually aim at accessing, changing and destroying sensitive information, extorting money and interrupting business processes. Implementing effective layered cybersecurity measures is not a matter of choice but a must for all businesses!

There are five layers of security:


Identity
Endpoints & devices
Applications
Data
Infrastructure

“Instead of thinking like ‘data owners,’ companies must act as ‘data custodians’ who protect personal information and use it only with a customer’s best interests in mind.”
Frederick “Flee” Lee CISO Gusto

Do companies understand the benefits of Cybersecurity for their businesses, and what value does the implementation bring for their data, application landscape and processes?

In the seventh episode of Digital Business Disruptors, we focus on Cybersecurity for Business. We focus on debunking the hype and understanding businesses’ real value in a conversation with four domain experts.

Industry 4.0 has been with us since 2011 when the term was publicly introduced by the German representatives from business, politics, and academia to advance German competitiveness in the manufacturing industry. The term encompasses automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, including Internet of Things, Big Data, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, 5G, Cloud and Cognitive Computing. All of it is contributing to building a smart factory. A decade has passed and even though the manufacturing industry has improved the term significantly is still hype. We miss the connection with reality tied to business challenges and delivered value.

Do manufacturing companies really understand the benefits for their businesses and manufacturing plants, and what value does the implementation bring for their products, processes and supply chains?

In the sixth episode of Digital Business Disruptors, we focus on Industry 4.0 for Business. In a conversation with three domain experts, we focus on debunking the hype and understanding businesses' real value.

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has been with us for a while with tremendous promises of impact for various industries and markets. DLT is a digital system for recording the transaction of assets in which the transactions and details record in multiple places simultaneously. The world refers to DLT to with one synonym known as Blockchain. However, Blockchain is just one of type of DLT where there are many, many more.

Do companies understand the technology and better yet what business value it brings for their services, products, processes, supply chains and such?

In the fifth Digital Business Disruptors webcast, we have gathered three business experts to demystify Distributed Ledger Technology's importance and understand what business value these experts bring. Tune in and learn about proven DLT business cases from the field!