New reports from VMware, Blue Prism, NetMotion, and e reveals how technology has been the silver lining on the dark cloud hovering due to the pandemic.
1. 78% of decision-makers see RPA as a solution to the global productivity problem: Blue Prism Survey
RPA vendor Blue Prism surveyed over 6500 respondents that included 1725 global decision-makers. The results are published in a report titled, “The Impact of a Digital Workforce on Business Agility & SurvivalOpens a new window â€. The report revealed that around 78% of respondents believe robotics process automation will solve global productivity issues. 93% say it will drive digital transformation, and almost 73% of respondents believe that it plays an essential role if the company wants to remain in the competition amidst the pandemic. 92% of c-suite executives are planning to deploy RPA, while 81% say it is critical to scaling.
“In these times, the ability for organizations to adopt, deploy, and leverage intelligent automation is not only crucial to driving operational agility, but survival depends on it. Our global report shows that business leaders and knowledge workers agree on the transformational power of intelligent automation. Looking ahead, we see a dramatic shift towards a more digital economy, and businesses that embrace this change will be several steps ahead of their competitors. Our redesigned Blue Prism Digital Exchange (DX) is a reflection of this market shift, helping extend AI and automation capabilities with just three clicks of a mouse,†stated Blue Prism’s Chief Partner Strategy Officer, Linda Dotts, while speaking exclusively with Toolbox.
2. International Expansion Plans Unaffected by COVID-19: CFO Survey
CFO Research, along with Globalization partners, surveyedOpens a new window 166 senior finance executives to understand whether enterprises have halted international expansion plans due to the pandemic. The study spotlights that 45% of respondents are going ahead or only slightly delaying their expansion and plan to go full-throttle within a year. Meanwhile, another 9% are bullish on expanding their global footprint but remain in a year-long wait and watch mode.
The study also found around 83% of respondents are looking for a remote, global workforce model to address the changes brought in by COVID-19. “While there are conversations about how the pandemic might cause deglobalization, I fundamentally disagree with that idea and believe it does not fit with the reality of business,†Nicole Sahin, CEO of Globalization Partners shared exclusively with Toolbox.
“People will temporarily postpone travel and stay closer to home, but this new research substantiates that the international economy will continue to be ever more interconnected. We look forward to the many positive benefits derived from continued international and multicultural businesses and workforces,†she added.
3. Remote Work Adds to Security Concerns: NetMotion Survey
Enterprise VPN provider NetMotionOpens a new window ‘s latest report that surveyed 750 million known domains, over 4 billion IP addresses, and 32 billion URLs shows that users clicked on as many as 76440 links that took them to a potentially dangerous website, posing a threat to their own as well as company data. On average, an employee encounters around 59 unsafe URLs per week.
NetMotion EMEA Director Achi Lewis, in an exclusive commentary shared with Toolbox, said, “As this research highlights, remote workers are frequently accessing risky content that would normally be blocked by firewalls and other security tools that monitor internal network traffic. Naturally, this poses an enormous threat to the enterprise. Added to this, many organizations have no visibility into the activity taking place on external networks, let alone any means to prevent it. With such a rapid shift to remote work, enterprise security teams have been left flat-footed, unable to adequately protect users in the face of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks.â€
4. Remote Working Accelerates Security Tools Adoption: Exabeam Survey
One of the leading Security Information and Event Management (SEIM) providers Exabeam highlighted the adoption of cloud-based security tools in the shift to remote in its new surveyOpens a new window . The findings hint a sharp rise in cloud adoption before the pandemic and after the lockdown restrictions were lifted. Almost 88% of respondents say that the accelerated adoption of cloud-based security tools was primarily to support the remote workforce.
5. 72% of Remote Workers Take Cybersecurity Seriously but Fail Due to Limited Knowledge: Trend Micro Survey
Trend MicroOpens a new window , a well-heeled cybersecurity solutions provider, conducted a survey that revealed that 72% of remote workers understand their organisation’s cybersecurity policies but still fail to adhere due to limited understanding and resource constraints.
6. AI to Speed up Merger And Acquisition: Datasite Report
Datasite’s new report The New State of M&AOpens a new window , surveyed around 2,200 M&A practitioners from corporations, private equity firms, investment banks, law, and professional services firms and found that artificial intelligence has a pivotal role to play in mergers and acquisitions. Here’s how – the groundbreaking technology has the potential to reduce time to perform the due diligence to less than a month from the current three to six months.
7. Modern Applications Fueling Success Amid Lockdown: VMware Research
VMwareOpens a new window , the company that powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure, conducted a study in March and April 2020 to drive home the point that digital transformation isn’t failing. Despite the buzz about DX fails, the study, commissioned by VMware and conducted by market research firm Vanson Bourne, spotlighted DX contributed to increased business efficiency, improved customer experience and even led to an agile mindset. Only 2% of respondents said that digital transformation has been unsuccessful while the majority emphasized it has delivered significant gains.
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