With each data breach costing U.S. enterprises an average of $8.6 million, and ransomware attacks up nearly 140% in the U.S. this year alone, chief information officers (CIOs) are under tremendous pressure to keep data secure in order to maintain trust with customers and avoid financial loss.
Interestingly, the introduction of modular data center designs has, perhaps as an unforeseen consequence, begun to provide a conduit for expanding the construction talent pool.
Many organizations are no longer looking at technology as just a means to enable the business. They are now focusing on what technology can do to drive a differentiated outcome — from the ways they innovate, design, and develop products or the ways they get those products to the market.
Industry 4.0 incorporates the requirements of technology, the demands of the manufacturing economy, and the needs and wants of workers—and it presents considerable opportunity for manufacturing companies to redesign and reshape not only the workplace but the nature of the work itself.
One thing stood out about the Top 25 Women In Technology: They are all paving the way for young girls and other minorities to follow in their footsteps. And that's why I am so excited to introduce my honorary plus one for this digital event.