The next BriefingsDirect business intelligence (BI) trends discussion explores the latest research and products that bring the power of people and machine intelligence closer together. As more data becomes available to support augmented intelligence -- and the power of analytics platforms increasingly goes to where the data is -- the next stage of value is in how people can interact with the results.

The next BriefingsDirect digital business risk remediation discussion explores new ways companies can gain improved visibility, analytics, and predictive indicators to better assess the financial viability of partners and global supply chains. Businesses are now heavily relying upon their trading partners across their supply chains -- and no business can afford to be dependent on suppliers that pose risks due to poor financial health.

The next BriefingsDirect data disruption discussion focuses on why the rising tidal wave of data must be better managed, and how new tools are emerging to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to the rescue. Stay with us now as we learn how the latest AI innovations improve both data and services management across a cloud deployment continuum -- and in doing so set up an even more powerful way for businesses to exploit AI.

The next BriefingsDirect intelligent workspaces discussion explores how businesses are looking to the latest digital technologies to transform how employees work. There is a tremendous amount of noise, clutter, and distraction in the scattershot, multi-cloud workplace of today -- and it’s creating confusion and frustration that often pollute processes and hinder innovative and impactful work. We’ll now examine how IT can elevate the game for more intelligent experiences.

For a large architectural firm in Illinois, gaining better overall security, management, and data center consolidation had to go hand in hand with preserving the highest workspace performance -- even across multiple distributed offices. The next BriefingsDirect security innovations discussion examines how BLDD Architects, Inc. developed an IT protection solution that fully supports all of its servers and mix of clients in a way that’s invisible to its end users.

The next BriefingsDirect business intelligence (BI) trends discussion explores the impact of dispersed data in a multicloud world. Gaining control over far-flung and disparate data has been a decades’ old struggle, but now as hybrid and public clouds join the mix of legacy and distributed digital architectures, new ways of thinking are demanded if comprehensive analysis of relevant data is going to become practical.

The next BriefingsDirect workplace productivity discussion explores how businesses are using the latest digital technologies to re-imagine the employee experience -- and to transform their operations and results. Employee experience isn't just a buzz term. Research shows that engaged employees are happier, more productive, and deliver a superior customer experience, all of which translates into bottom line results.

The next BriefingsDirect Voice of the Innovator discussion focuses on how advances in design enhance the total experience for IT operators. Stay with us now as we hear about the general philosophy and modernization of design, and how new discrete best practices are making usability a key ingredient of modern hybrid IT systems. To learn more about the latest in IT innovations, we're joined by Bryan Jacquot, Vice President and Chief Design Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

The next BriefingsDirect intelligent enterprise innovations discussion explores new ways that leading enterprises like McKesson Corp. are digitizing procurement and automating spend management. We'll now examine how new intelligence technologies and automation methods like robotic process automation (RPA) help global companies reduce inefficiencies, make employees happier, cut manual tasks, and streamline the entire source-to-pay process.

The next BriefingsDirect intelligent workspaces discussion explores how for 30 years Citrix has pioneered ways to make workers more productive, IT operators stronger, and a vast partner ecosystem more capable. We will now hear how Citrix is by no means resting on its laurels by charting a new future of work that abstracts productivity above apps, platforms, data, and even clouds. The goal: To empower, energize, and enlighten disaffected workers.