Alien spacecrafts, murder hornets, Tiger King, Australian bush fires, Brexit/Megxit, Minneapolis riots, Kim Jong-Un died (then he didn’t), Kanye ran for President, the death of Kobe Bryant, Twitter was hacked, and yes, a global COVID-19 pandemic struck the world. A pandemic that has seemingly consumed every facet of our lives over the last year, from where and how we live, work, and interact with our families and each other, and even where and how we can eat; and with whom. But now that a vaccine has arrived, the masses can see hope on the horizon of life getting back to some semblance of normalcy. But left in 2020’s wake long after we are all vaccinated, will be the lingering impact of how our lives and businesses will be different for the long-term. Business and industry have adapted by rapidly adopting new technology as a means of survival, and some of those changes will become permanent.
We believe these adaptations across global business and markets have spawned Megatrends that will impact our lives for years to come. Below we outline the most significant and transformational changes that will impact our clients around the world in 2021 and beyond. We invite you to consider these ‘Megatrends’ and compare them with your own experiences. Perhaps you can stay a step ahead of your peers by anticipating the movement of the market and adapting your company strategy to successfully leverage these Megatrends for your own benefit in 2021 and beyond.
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What do the Pentagon, the U.S. State Department, The White House, the NSA, all five branches of the US military, the top ten U.S. telecommunications companies, and 425 of the Fortune 500 all have in common? Given the title of this article, you already have a clue, which is that they are all SolarWinds customers. Those are just some of the higher profile organizations, but in all there are 300k SolarWinds customers around the world, with about 18k identified as impacted. The impact of this breach is so far and deep, the actual repercussions will not be fully understood for years potentially. However, we don’t have to wait years, months, or even days to fully understand the lessons learned, some security norms that need to be challenged, and what should be done next.
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The IT landscape in Financial Services is changing rapidly. Regardless if they want to be industry leaders, fast followers of reactors, the ever-spreading cost base for Financial Services Companies leaves less budget available for capital investments in new technology, driving a vicious cycle of increased operating cost. In the drive to enact transformational change, Financial Services Companies should seek out the benefit from low hanging fruit to reduce current Opex.
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Most Read of 2020!
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"Vanderbilt University Medical Center was challenged with a myriad of Microsoft issues to untangle involving licensing optimization, carve-out concerns, along with new data privacy and security requirements to manage. We engaged NET(net) to assist us in sorting out options and lend guidance on a strategy to both achieve savings, and reduce the anticipated cost over the next several years."
