Opinion stories - Page 50

Amid a shift towards integrated financial solutions, the Asia-Pacific region's business payment landscape is set for major changes.

In 2024, cybersecurity leaders grapple with higher data breaches, flat budgets, and increasing complexity by focusing on scaling efficiencies and securing hybrid cloud infrastructure.

Traditional rate-limiting falls short against sophisticated DDoS attacks, jeopardising legitimate traffic and placing added burdens on SOC teams; behavioural protection provides a more viable solution.

Businesses must directly tackle carbon emissions for financial savings and reputation; enterprises are urged to follow five steps towards digital sobriety and cleaner carbon health.

Businesses are advised to combine journey mapping, EQ and AI to enhance their digital customer experience strategies.

Privilege Access Management (PAM), with its ability to control key digital accounts, is proving crucial in combating rising cybersecurity threats posed by misuse of digital identities, a key source of business disruption.

Data-centric organisations in Australia adjust their strategy for 2024, prioritising improved data quality and adopting distributed data management to navigate GenAI advancements successfully.

Reliance on a single Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) solution, such as Microsoft Teams, puts businesses at risk as highlighted by recent outages; diversifying options can boost resilience and functionality.

With impending sustainability legislation and the rise of competition in the cloud computing market, hybrid multicloud solutions offer energy efficiency, resource sharing, and reduced risk, underpinning the business imperative for sustainability.

Customisable on-site learning for AI systems is set to transform the surveillance industry in 2024, revolutionising data utilisation for both security measures and business intelligence.”.

Australian company, Seven, pioneers a cross-department innovation initiative, 'Ignite', boosting collaboration and breaking down workplace silos.

Nurturing a 'people-first' workplace culture becomes increasingly imperative, balancing technology with human touch, adapting to generational shifts and ensuring professional and personal satisfaction amid change.

In light of soaring expectations for digital experiences, brands need to significantly improve their applications to win over the discerning and demanding 'Application Generation', warns a new study from Cisco.

Amidst a creativity crunch in APAC, brands are capitalising on data-driven insights to produce personalised video ads, aiming to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Adapting to change and catering to workforce needs in the new year is key to attracting and retaining talent amid a rapidly transforming labour market and a growing emphasis on Generative AI.

Integrating these trends into your digital CX this year is a strategic imperative to future-proof your brand and ensure success in the months ahead.

It is imperative to delve into key considerations that will shape the evaluation between these two alternative options of effectiveness versus convenience.

For cybersecurity to be fully effective, it needs senior executive-level support. And risk is the language all business leaders understand.

Through risk assessments, vulnerability analyses, and simulated cyberattacks, SAOs provide real-time insights into an organisation's security resilience.

Following a drop in funding, 2024 sees a predicted resurgence in climate tech trends, with clean energy, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and alternative proteins earmarked for significant investment growth.