CIOs are usually among the first to know when there are technical problems in the enterprise. What frustrates some is the fact that some of the issues they encountered during their first month on the job continue to be concerns years later. This doesn't help when new persistent problems are added to the list every year, making the list grow, rather than shrink.
Vidya Phalke, Chief Technology Officer of MetricStream identified five ongoing issues that just don't seem to go away.
Solving the Cloud Risk-Reward Ratio
The cloud has the ability to handle data storage and process demands in an elastic manner. It can provide quick and more efficient business ROI and improve standards around data security and service reliability. Yet, it's not a critical part of the default consideration when setting up new applications.
Managing Enterprise Mobility
Enterprise mobility as part of the IT portfolio has become a must-have for global organizations. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the ubiquitous use of tablets and mobile phones means that enterprises must get serious around facilitating access and use of IT solutions ‘on-the-go’ across a variety of devices, and in a secure and user-friendly manner.
The Coming of Age of Big Data
Data scientists and practitioners are grappling with real world use cases of Big Data. However, in 2014, Big Data technology-based risk and predictive analytics will start to demonstrate results with real tangible business benefits for the enterprise, especially when it comes to real-time insights and crowd-sourced information.
Fostering Real-Time Collaboration Across Platforms and Devices
As devices continue to proliferate, and as real-time collaboration amongst stakeholders becomes the new way of doing business, the challenge will be to provide users with a great user experience, reliability, security, while also facilitating access. The high bar set by social media sites and applications will be expected in enterprise applications.
Adopting Real Solutions That Work
The GRC technology landscape has converged, and decision-makers are discovering the benefits of the synergies that exist between policy, risk and compliance management. They are now looking for a common platform that can harmonize and best manage these three aspects.
I'm sure you can add another five or ten ongoing issues from your own list. Have you found a way to address them and trim your own list?
