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“The post-digital era is upon us. People are adopting new technology both quickly and completely, and whether they’re customers, employees, or even threat actors, they are beginning to outpace enterprises in their digital transformations. They are more knowledgeable about technology itself and how companies use it, and are becoming selective and demanding of what they adopt, challenging companies to work with them or adapt to them in different ways.” – Accenture Tech Vision 2019
Connectivity to information and data is now ubiquitous and expected by all digital consumers. People demand instant communication, real-time interaction and continuous gratification using technology today. This interaction with interconnected systems generates a massive amount of data that is stored everywhere, sometimes without organization knowledge or control. Many CISOs state that with the emergence of cloud and mobility leaves their organization “running blind”.
The evolution of this technology combined with the growing expectations of employees and consumers highlights that data is becoming a very strategic asset and topic. However, many organizations fail to look at this topic holistically. In the context of cloud environments, typical questions include “What do you do with all this data? Where do we store it? How are we integrating with it? How do we secure it?” and more. The traditional answers to these pertinent questions were always addressed in a very siloed manner, based on disparate tools and processes. Organizations and departments have to work together to provide the right answers to these questions.
As Joe McKendrick stated in a recent article, “Many executives view data as a ‘commodity,’ just as oil or electricity. [However] Data is the single most important differentiator in how companies innovate, serve their customers, and gain insight into their markets. Data is not the new oil.”
It is clear that technology is not the primary pr