Digital systems and technology

<h5>What are digital systems and technology?</h5> <p>Digital systems and technology are the means by which an organization can modernize its core IT infrastructure by implementing a simple, secure technology backbone. By doing so, a company can future-proof its technology landscape, updating its IT and application environment to support the needs of business today and tomorrow.</p> <h5>What are the business benefits of digital systems and technology?</h5> <p>By using digital systems and technology to modernize its core IT infrastructure, a business can transform its applications and infrastructure from a business-limiting state to a growth-enabling one. It can:</p> <ul> <li>Accelerate innovation by moving applications to the cloud</li> <li>Foster rapid new application development and improve security</li> <li>Build the adaptive, cloud-enabled technology backbone needed to run a modern, efficient digital enterprise</li> <li>Better prepare for and adapt to high-speed change, safeguard the integrity of its core IT to compete in the digital economy</li> </ul> <h5>How do I know if I’m doing digital systems and technology right?</h5> <p>You’ll know you’re on the right track if you can answer “yes” to three core questions:</p> <ul> <li>Is it simplifying our IT? Are you unlocking value, rationalizing and consolidating IT assets, streamlining processes with virtualization and automation, and aligning IT more closely to your business objectives?</li> <li>Is it modernizing our IT? Are you replacing point-to-point interfaces between siloed systems to achieve agility and speed through modernized infrastructure, new operating models, integrated services and transformed processes?</li> <li>Is it securing our IT? Are you managing risk more effectively and addressing legacy system vulnerabilities by fortifying IT, enhancing your security framework and bolstering resilience against cyber threats?</li> </ul> <h5>What areas of the business can benefit by a modernized IT infrastructure?</h5> <p>Here are just a few:</p> <ul> <li>Applications – Building applications that deliver the digital experiences customers want</li> <li>Infrastructure – Transforming the IT backbone to create an always-on business</li> <li>Enterprise applications – Streamlining the back office and improving operational agility and employee connections</li> <li>Quality engineering and assurance – Employing an end-to-end approach where high quality meets high speed</li> <li>Security and compliance – Safeguarding users, data, applications and infrastructure</li> </ul>

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