"Can we uninstall 2020? The current version has a nasty virus in it,” says the meme flying around social media for the past few months. There are, however, glimmers of light that can be found around the world which have arisen out of the pandemic.

If the cloud was a priority for businesses before 2020, the onset of the global pandemic has made it more critical than ever.

Research done over the past few years has shown that having people of different genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages and physical and mental abilities within your organisation is good for all sorts of things from innovation and creativity to engagement and retention.

If you search the Internet for the first example of hacking, you’ll come across the name of Nevil Maskelyne. He was an Edwardian magician, inventor and businessman.

Automation will transform most jobs in the insurance sector over the next decade.

As declared by Dr Dominique Hes in 2017, there is quite simply “no sustainability without community engagement”. The topic of how organisations bring their staff and customers ’with them’ on cultural and transformative journeys is never far away.

Our great opportunity debate research – the first quarter results of which are now available to download in our report – found that the change in working patterns had the most impact on individuals and their organisations overall over the past 12 or so months.

Automation can be the key enabler within public sector digital transformation to simplify and streamline service delivery and create better outcomes.

As a market leader in debt management, we are witnessing first-hand the devastating financial impact Covid-19 is having on the personal finances of so many people.

While the cloud may streamline complex operations and drive efficiency, the management of cloud assets themselves needs to be controlled carefully and kept on a tight leash.