
VENDORiQ: Design Software Market Heats Up
Figma’s successful IPO signals a robust design software market, potentially encouraging competitors to also go public soon.

Figma’s successful IPO signals a robust design software market, potentially encouraging competitors to also go public soon.

Adobe Firefly’s evolution into a generative video hub boosts efficiency, but organisations must balance this with robust governance and skill development to avoid a deluge of poor-quality, off-brand content.

ERP databases are rapidly integrating AI indexing like vector and graph search. This will enable ‘invisible AI’ within core business applications, but adoption may be slow due to migration and skill challenges.

Generative AI will revolutionise how businesses handle data, offering natural language interfaces for queries and merging data and information governance.

Knowby’s AI-driven knowledge platform is primed for global success by scaling its solution, expanding partnerships, and integrating with enterprise systems, despite a competitive market.

Is your workforce under pressure to reduce its reliance on IT specialist skills? Does your organisation experience an inability to attract specialists with the right skills? Is there a perception among your executives that the need for specialists is reducing due to AI? Where is the balance, and how do you meet the challenges AI brings?

Regardless of their current data maturity levels, enterprises often encounter challenges in fully engaging their entire workforce in data-driven decision-making. Senior executives are seeking ways to effectively leverage generative AI to implement enterprise-wide business intelligence, enabling every team to access real-time operational data and derive actionable insights.

This advisory paper offers a tech maturity model for higher education, from basic to optimising, helping institutions benchmark and prioritise tech investments.

IBRS has previously provided research and advisory on digital governance structures and terms of reference. This advisory goes further, examining the issues, content, and agenda of modern digital governance. What should be the focus of IT governance today?