Blog & Inspiration
Digital twins are widely talked about. With plenty of application scenarios, they have become crucial elements in the current phase of the digital revolution as well as in the upselling of after-sales products and solutions and in customer management. We conducted an interview on the topic with Alexander Pircher, Managing Director of infolox GmbH.
Knowledge and data management today has become an essential managerial process necessary for creating, sharing, storing, using and managing the knowledge and information of any organisation. It is a collection of systematic approaches used to facilitate the flow of information and knowledge between the right people at the right time in the right format at the right cost, so they can act more efficiently and effectively to create value for the organisation and achieve a competitive advantage. Needless to say, no one would argue that data management or knowledge management does not need to be made an organisational priority. But there are technical and organisational complexities to consider and hurdles to overcome that can make it very difficult to realise the potential. We sat down with Katie Fabiszak, CMO of Riversand Technologies and 20-year data management industry veteran, to talk about the critical need for and potential roadblocks of harnessing an organisation’s data with the aid of today’s data management technologies.
Absolutely incredible: the overwhelming majority of lottery players still purchase lottery tickets at kiosks or convenience stores. And this despite the fact that the market potential for online lottery sales runs into the billions and the willingness among players to switch to online offerings is steadily growing. We talk to the Chair of the Board of Lotto24 AG, Petra von Strombeck, about this virtually untouched market, the pioneering role that the company is assuming and the blessings of money in general.
One of the enterprises shaping the digital future is the Düsseldorf-based communications group Vodafone. The group has long expanded its efforts beyond the topic of mobile telephony; through strategic acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships, in recent years Vodafone has become a solid 360° provider for digitalisation.