The world of work has forever changed. The global COVID-19 pandemic has driven a fundamental societal shift, and many of the trends that were already underway have now been accelerated. The “Great Resignation” has changed the landscape of many industries, the competition for talent has never been more dynamic, and employers are doing their best to rapidly adapt. Employee experience and engagement have become a daily focus of the C-suite as retention and hiring move toward the top of the strategic agendas of forward-thinking companies. The good news is there is vastly more market data available, and it’s increasing at a rapid rate.

Since the early 1990s, organizations have been collecting, storing, analyzing and reconfiguring a plethora of information, only to find 20 years later that they are still struggling to maximize their big data investments. By leveraging an enterprise knowledge graph platform, enterprises can tap into innovations such as explainable AI, data virtualization, reusable semantic data modeling and scalable complex query performance to help speed analytics insight and reduce data operations cost.

Since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules governing climate-related disclosures from all public companies on March 21, environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting has become necessary for technology company corporate boards to address, especially in today’s environmentally and socially conscious world. However, to fully understand the standards technology corporate boards need to meet when navigating their ESG reporting, we must first understand what’s wrong with the current system.

Information technologies operations (ITOps) are the lifeline of any organization with the sole focus on optimizing the cost of operations. ITOps are no longer just about managing the infrastructure; they also facilitate adding the task of detecting and responding to threats, executing proactive maintenance and managing the overall IT infrastructure. The advent of cloud, mobility and the Internet of Things has completely changed how ITOps function. Modernizing outdated systems is the only way to remain competitive and convert those challenges into opportunities. This is when organizations turn to artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) to get enhanced visibility and better performance.

This column is not about oceans, but in a way, it is about a gold rush. I am no expert at the stock market, cryptocurrencies, or anything of the sort, but when my spouse and a colleague both send me links to crypto-related content within the same week, I take it as a sign I should at least look. After all, we had celebrities earlier this year featured on million-dollar Super Bowl commercials pushing cryptocurrencies. So, crypto?! What is it exactly?