This year Tesco is celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Having begun life as a Hackney market stall in 1919, Tesco has grown to over 6,800 shops across the globe, becoming much more than the grocery chain that most of us know. As well as expanding into clothing, electronics and software, Tesco also offers financial services (Tesco […]
Introduction We have digital native start-ups; we have enterprises. In the last few years, the narrative has been one of the former disrupting the latter. According to a new report from IDC, that’s all about to change. The next disruptor is not going to be another start-up, but what the analyst calls the digital-native enterprise. […]
Being #1 has its own kind of pressure. When you’re #2 in the market you have a clear goal: topple the #1. What’s the mindset of a market leader? Watch your back? Protect what you have? Ignore everything? Harel lnsurance lnvestments & Financial Services is the leader of Israel’s insurance market. It has four big […]
By Louise Fellows, Director, Public Sector VMware UKI In my role as a leader within the public sector, and from my many years of experience in tech, I’m passionate about the role IT can play in creating a healthier, more sustainable and better world for everyone. Building more responsive and intelligent public services is a […]
Digital transformation is no longer a way of gaining a competitive edge. Rather, it’s necessary for survival. Businesses must adapt – quickly – if they’re going to succeed. However, while many have the will to digitise, the way may be blocked by legacy IT. This means new or evolved technology cannot be delivered as the […]
by Sunny Sahajpal, EMEA Strategic Alliances Manager, VMware If you’re an enterprise looking to digitally transform, it’s important to prioritize your specific business outcomes first. The technical solutions should come secondary. After all, they’re there to support your goals, not influence them. Otherwise, focusing too much on infrastructure can hinder your chances of long-term, transformative […]
Register today for VMworld 2018 Europe in Barcelona, 5-8 November. ## Digitisation, changing employee demographics and ever-increasing expectations are all having a major impact on enterprises and their plans for growth. New entrants are not only disrupting established businesses’ revenue streams; they’re also poaching talent, offering exceptional experiences that other organisations are forced to match. What’s […]
Diversity is more than just a box ticking exercise – it’s at the core of what drives innovation at VMware. Those were some of Joe Baguley’s first thoughts in our latest episode of Carpool Tech Talk. Joe discussed the importance of having a diverse workforce, from the value of having different employee experiences to the benefits that […]
Innovation may be the holy grail for many organisations, but the ability to generate ideas and successfully execute them is a goal that appears to be harder to attain. Those were the findings in a joint Cass Business School and VMware report. The research focusses on the innovation gap – the disconnect between coming up […]
A recent report we published, written by Cass Business School highlighted the challenge many of us face: that the inability to turn ideas into new products, services and strategies, at the pace required, is putting organisations at risk of failure. The report, entitled Innovating in the Exponential Economy, explores the gap between where ideas originate and how they […]
Agents of Change is VMware’s initiative celebrating smart CIOs who challenge the status quo. By harnessing the transformative power of technology, they are creating unlimited possibilities for their businesses. As the saying goes, the only thing that is constant is change itself. For businesses seeking to thrive in the digital era, being comfortable with change […]
Whilst all sectors have been transformed by the digital era, some have been more disrupted than others. Industries like media and retail have seen their worlds turned upside down. For an IT specialist operating in those sort of industries, like Arvato Systems, it has meant having to overhaul how they service their customers. “Due to […]