Opinion | CIOs should stop chasing buzzwords, writes e4 CIO Fikile Sibiya
digital transformation has become the new normal.” If you groaned at that sentence, you’re not alone.
The tech world moves so fast that there’s a new buzzword or trend every few months. Though some of the trends are important to note, blindly following them could harm your business. Yes, new technology can be amazing, but only if it’s employed and deployed correctly, with the right foundations in place. Otherwise, you often can’t extract value from these trends – or, worse, it could be a costly mistake.
Take data analytics as a prime example. It’s one of the biggest ongoing trends, and it can do amazing things, but its efficacy is entirely dependent on the fundamentals of good-quality data. The artificial intelligence used for data analytics learns from and works on the data you provide it with. If you don’t understand your data, where it is, what it is, and its quality and integrity, you won’t reap the benefits of analytics.
There are three key areas you need to focus on. First, cybersecurity should take precedence. Again, there’s no point in overlaying AI on cybersecurity, another current trend, if you don’t have basic antivirus and malware protection in place. To protect your organisation, good cybersecurity is a must. And this includes good security practices such as authentication and data privacy protection.
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