March 2023
Presenting IT Budgets Graphically
By Ellen Koskinen-Dodgson
Asking for the IT budget that you need is a perpetual struggle. It’s easy for decision makers to downgrade the importance of your budget request in favour of funding something in the organization’s main line of business. If you’re a municipality, then fixing roads, if you’re a school district, then better resources for students or teachers. Here are three ways that you can use graphics that I think will grab some attention.
Keeping on Top of Your Data
By Peter Aggus
These days, storage is relatively cheap—but backing up everything is not always better. We recommend designing your backup structure and process to be fit for purpose, not just a data dump. As an end user, you need to work with IT staff to ensure that your IT backups deliver what you need. Here is a look at the issues and what we recommend as best practices, including anticipating cybercriminal attacks and disasters.
Worth Protecting: Your Vital Records
By Guy Robertson
Is your office paperless yet? No. You still rely on paper. Despite the growth of electronic records, you use lots of paper for your daily operations. In fact, in many offices there is solid evidence that the growth of paper files occurs as quickly as the implementation of new IT. Often, many vital records are still on paper and without these records, your operations will be crippled. Here’s how to keep them safe.
Massive AI Implementation Within 3 Years
By Roban Chahal
Generative (AI) is a category of algorithms (such as ChatGPT) that can be used to create new content, including audio, software code, images, text, and videos. Gartner predicts that by 2030, a major blockbuster film will be released with 90% of the film generated by Generative AI, up from 0% in 2022. Here are Gartner’s 3-year predictions and our suggestion of how you might start a pilot.