Recent TRG blog posts

Understanding of cloud computing within the general business community has been an evolutionary process; however, the picture of what it is, how it works, and what it means has become crystal clear. Increasingly, cloud technology is being seen as an essential tool for turning change from a threat into an opportunity.

American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) is the world’s largest business travel provider with 16,000 travel professionals in more than 140 countries, managing over $19 billion a year in corporate travel spending and serving 37 out of the 100 largest travel spenders in the US. American Express GBT wanted to protect and increase market share by differentiating its core services.

There is cloud, and there is true cloud. Despite the fact that cloud computing has been around for decades, many so-called cloud enterprise applications were not built for the cloud from the start. So what should businesses expect from genuine cloud solutions? A quick glance at Infor SunSystems 7 will give you the answer. 

No longer a novel technology, the cloud is increasingly becoming the mainstay of modern enterprise IT architecture. Nonetheless, navigating a myriad of cloud-related concepts can still prove challenging.

Hotels and resorts are laying the groundwork for how they will do business in a new decade and beyond, in an effort to stay competitive, profitable, and ready to meet new challenges. Industry leaders are examining the workflows and mechanics of technology-driven processes, like data infrastructure, reservations, event planning, inventory control, competitive price setting, and revenue forecasting—and seeking out ways to tie them all together to better serve operations, revenue management, and brand strategy.

As new technologies and new challenges emerge, an advanced cloud-based property management system (PMS) can empower hotels and casinos to create scalable operations that foster greater visibility, utility, and efficiency. In this era when the hospitality industry is changing fast, legacy systems that silo each location as its own data centre will not successfully lead businesses into a new decade.

Somewhere along the line, a disease known as cloud-washing was initiated by a number of unconscientious cloud providers who share an appeal for shortcuts and, as a consequence, it is now spreading like wildfire. This practice, without question, can play havoc with your business’ digital transformation. In this midst of chaos, how could enterprises spot these deceptive, substandard services that are disguised as “cloud”? 

Cloud-first is a cloud adoption strategy where enterprises always consider cloud-based solutions first when implementing a new IT system or replacing an existing one.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a variety of cloud computing platforms and services on-demand to individuals, organisations as well as governments. This subscription-based service offers virtual computing power which can be accessed anytime as long as there is an internet connection, or in some cases, no connectivity at all.

Cyber attacks typically involve illegally accessing, altering, or deleting sensitive information to extort money from users or disrupt corporate activities. Nowadays, these attacks are increasing many folds and are becoming cleverer, making them even more challenging to detect.