The Kinetic Business Blog

Higher education is entering a new era of data-driven insights, which promise to elevate both learner experience and institutional performance. The HE colleges and universities capable of collecting and leveraging data in a timely manner will not only boost student outcomes but also run their back-office operations in a significantly more effective and cost-efficient way – says Alex Pearce, Chief Technologist for Education at Softcat. 

Sometimes, budget pressures mean you just have to cut costs. Sometimes, cutting costs in one area can give you some financial elbow room to fund something in another. A fifth of all CIOs tell me that they have a mandate to cut network costs in 2023, and another third say they’d be open to doing that if they could fund something else with the savings. Most admit that they don’t have a really good idea of how to accomplish their goal without creating a risk that would potentially...

It seems as though everyone is talking about digital transformation as of late. Talking about the different ways and areas that it can be helpful in the world of healthcare. All of that talk is well and dandy, but actually applying digital transformation to your organization is an entire different thing. It takes time to integrate, it can disrupt things, and it can take a while to adjust to. So while we all want...

Momentum had already been building around environmental issues and corporate sustainability efforts, but over the past few years — fueled by pandemic, global conflict, and a greater understanding of the impact of climate change — these initiatives have kicked into high gear. Once considered nice to have, today 90% of companies are adopting ESG solutions, marking a significant increase in corporate interest in...

As organisations have become more mobile and geographically dispersed, the traditional centralised Wide Area Networking (WAN) model that once served them so well has started to break down. The remote user - once the exception - has increasingly become the norm, with many working from smaller branch offices across several time zones, from home, or while on the move. And, given the recent pandemic of COVID-19, many organisations large and small have been forced to close offices and make...

U.S. manufacturing was in decline and under stress even before the pandemic. Then, things got worse. Way worse. An unexpected surge in demand for manufactured goods was accompanied by massive supply chain disruptions, political and economic pressures, component shortages and labor constraints.

Even though there is now a huge range of ways to communicate, email is still very much the default option in most situations. Email does have a whole lot of benefits. It does not, however, offer a lot of in-built security. Fortunately, you can take steps to rectify this. Here are some tips.

Internet outages can be incredibly costly to a business – from loss of revenue, to increased security risks and a damaged brand reputation; just to name few. The risks for today’s enterprises, with multiple locations across the globe, is even greater. The question for enterprises is not if an outage happens, but when. This article takes a look at solutions available to help prevent outages.