News, views and reviews from NZ’s tech sector No Images? Click here Dear , Loic Tallon has possibly the most interesting job there is in tech – chief digital officer of the iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Leading The Met’s digital transformation project, Tallon has shunned the temptation to screen-glue tourists to AR/VR gimmicks in any half-baked attempt to make history relevant to ‘the kids’. No, The Met is serious about creating real McCoy, meaningful connections through both in-the-flesh experiences and through digitising collections and serving them to the world’s not-in-NY online audience. That means getting creative, accessible and exploiting technology to create engagement in a brand-consistent way. In 2018, bolting on digital functionality and calling it ‘transformation’ is common. The Met is resisting that 'technology-for-technology’s sake' approach, and these days, well, that’s a rather radical position to take. (If Loic’s story is of interest make sure you book your ticket to hear him live at the CIO Summit in June). In other news:
We also take a look at asbestos analytics lab Environmental Services (CES) which has done some smart work with document workflows, helped by the consulting team at Fuji Xerox NZ. Using their Smart Work Gateway, Fuji Xerox created a streamlined workflow that saved serious admin and document handling hours and also proved that the simplest solutions can often be the best. Fill yer boots to finish off yet another short work week. Jonathan Cotton New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art goes digital for the billionsDigital technology holds the promise of big global audiences for world-famous institution… The famous museum isn’t driven by financial motives, but rather seeks to reach and inspire individuals no matter where they might be located. “The gallery experience is what our visitors come for, not the technology.” Forthcoming public cloud boom to be owned by the fewLatest Gartner forecast predicts public cloud revenue to surge, shared among a handful of major players… Gartner is predicting the worldwide public cloud services market to grow by 21.4 percent in 2018 to a total of US$186.4 billion, up from US$153.5 billion in 2017. “Organisations need to be cautious about IaaS providers potentially gaining unchecked influence over customers and the market.” Rave about the machine: Auckland to host AI conferenceAuckland has won the bid to host a top international artificial intelligence get-together in 2020... Auckland will be host to 500 delegates from around the world when the AAMAS comes to NZ for the first time. “It wasn’t easy to win the bid against strong competition, and the hard work isn’t over. In fact, it starts all over again now.” Cloud migration: Why ‘lift and shift’ is not enoughWith Amazon, MS and Google all upping their enterprise cloud game, why do businesses so often fail in their great migrations?... Low agility? Cloud. Rapid scalability? Cloud. Streamlined processes and lower overheads? Cloud, cloud, cloud. “The average enterprise has achieved less than 20 percent public or private cloud adoption.” Fuji Xerox passes the CES efficiency test with Smart Work GatewayThe introduction of dropbox has cut down the number of processes, giving us more time to spend on other tasks including accounts... Environmental Services (CES) started as a government testing laboratory in the 1970s, but was privatised in late 1996. “Getting the invoice at the same time as their report prompts a lot more people to pay their invoices straight away.” This week's sponsor: Upcoming events: > Back office transformation | Apr 30 - May 01 | Auckland iStart is proudly supported by these leading Latest Buyer's Guides ERP Buyer's Guide | CRM Buyer's Guide | HR/HCM Buyer's Guide | BI Buyer's Guide Privacy statement: We have sent this weekly eNewsletter to you at your e-mail address: [email address suppressed]. iStart will never share your e-mail address, but you may from time to time receive other event invitations or partner communications from us. You can opt out of these by managing your subscription preferences, where you can also update your e-mail address and other details. Find out more about iStart | Advertise with iStart | Subscribe
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