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An update on the Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228 vulnerability

Updated: Security Update for Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228 Vulnerability

Updated: Security Update for Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228 Vulnerability IBM has released a security update for the Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228 vulnerability, as well as addressing the exposure to Apache Log4j CVE-2-21-45046 and CVE-2021-45105 in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace 2.0. The vulnerability was reported on the 9th of December and outlined an acute remote code execution (RCE) […]
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How AI can change the game in workforce management

Artificial intelligence and machine learning is increasingly moving up the value chain as organisations see its potential to support in workforce planning and management. As organisations increasingly look to automation to replace manual effort with more efficient processes driven by artificial intelligence, they are also looking at how to better harness AI to improve how […]
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The Challenges of Real-Time Data in WFM

Data has a huge role to play in identifying the challenges and opportunities in workforce management. There’s little doubt that in today’s rapidly changing business landscape, organisations can respond by making better use of real-time data to action more informed workforce and business decisions. However despite this, the fact remains that the majority of organisations, […]
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Designing agility into business workforce management

The way our people work is changing and while they may technically still be siloed into teams and divisions, there is a shift to cross-functional teams and agile ways of work. Modelling the impacts to the bottom line is helping organisations to design agility into their workforce planning. Amid today’s highly disrupted business landscape, organisations […]
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5 lessons learned from planning for the unpredictable

If prepared in advance, companies will be able to survive unpredictable events such as the Great Financial and Economic Crisis. Or the outbreak of disease like Covid  19,  but many companies still look at the present. The time to deal with current events rather than leading analytic modeling scenarios  (what-if analysis)  , and planning emergency  (contingency planning)  to deploy because of two things will allow […]
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Operationalising Analytics Centre for Enablement for Accelerate Business Processes

If you want to grow your business and your technology footprint, you often need to drive insight from analytics. But sometimes getting corporate processes and technology working together seamlessly can be challenging.  There are two reasons for this.  1. The size of the business. The bigger the business, the more decentralised the processes often become with Business Units […]
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