Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blogs January 31, 2024 Enabling enterprise data governance with Microsoft Purview Data is the lifeblood of today’s digitally transformed business environment and is growing rapidly as it is estimated that 90 percent of the world’s existing data was created in the last two years alone. With such rapid growth, simply understanding the context of what data is important to keep, classifying that data and organising it into a useful form cannot happen without the support of… Survey March 9, 2023 Achieving Audit Relevance As internal audit functions face a continuing talent crunch and demands to support the organisation’s strategic moves in response to external events, chief audit executives (CAEs) are focused on growing internal audit’s relevance with the board, senior executives and other stakeholders. For internal audit functions, elevating their relevance requires ongoing evolution and a committed focus on… Blogs April 21, 2023 Adopting Emerging Technologies When Modernising Legacy Systems Some of the toughest conversations CIOs will have within their organisations are likely to be about the benefits of adopting every emerging technology that’s caught business leaders’ attention versus the potential investments to be made in transforming legacy systems. As companies across all industries look to accelerate efforts to achieve their business transformation goals, a considerable… Blogs September 4, 2024 Microsoft D365 Security Design Implementation Considerations When approaching an ERP implementation, the topic of security is going to be broached and the question then becomes, “now or later?” Before discussing the considerations for implementing security before or after an ERP implementation, it is important to review the purpose of creating a custom security model. For most companies, creating compliant custom security is a requirement. Blogs March 9, 2022 The Decade Ahead : Working in Internal Audit The internal audit function is the only function within any organisation which has the mandate to look across and examine all aspects of the businesses and its processes. It’s a very empowering position and it’s also very unique and compelling as a profession. An internal auditor can gain insights into an organisation with a holistic view. The internal audit process requires one to assess… Blogs June 30, 2023 How to Incubate a winning innovation program When leaders consider how technology has enabled transformation of business models over the past several years, few would disagree that the world has changed dramatically. Retail, entertainment, music and banking have largely moved online. It’s a familiar story: Netflix beat Blockbuster; Amazon beat Borders. More recently, Tesla has transformed the experience of buying, owning and driving a car. Blogs February 29, 2024 Drive success with emerging technology like gen AI While the various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) have captured the imagination of nearly everyone in the business world, generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly becoming the hottest new kid on the block. We’ve seen the terms AI and GenAI being used synonymously but there are many types of AI. GenAI is the latest one and represents the ability of a model to create novel output. GenAI is a big… Blogs April 16, 2024 Why is data quality always an afterthought? For probably the umpteenth time, we use the term ‘garbage in, garbage out’ when we summarise problems with data quality. It has indeed become a cliché. Various industry studies have uncovered the high cost of bad data, and it’s estimated that poor data quality costs organisations an average of $12 million yearly. Data teams waste 40% of their time troubleshooting data downtime, even at mature… Blogs June 18, 2024 Leveraging the Human Factor: When Digital Strategies Alone Can’t Revive Slowing Results Businesses are constantly searching for new ways to match messaging to eyeballs, or put succinctly, trying to adapt new strategies to engage effectively with customers where they are consuming content. But what happens when these digital marketing and advertising efforts start to lose steam? Newsletter July 17, 2024 Private Equity Insights Q2 2024 In this issue of Private Equity Insights, we offer guidance on how private equity can leverage procurement to unlock value and drive performance improvements. We also look at the growing role of AI in finance and how the board can sharpen its focus on M&A due diligence. Other topics include the board’s role in talent management and the results of our latest VISION survey on the future of… Load More
