Digital transformation, data-driven business, artificial intelligence... and many other exciting topics – from our perspective! In our continuously evolving blog, you’ll get a glimpse into these and other fascinating professional areas, as our colleagues share insights from hands-on project experience.
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Bringing Clarity to the Cloud: Transparent Operations and Clear Responsibilities
Who is responsible for what in the cloud? The question may sound simple, but the answer often spans organisational and technological boundaries. As more workloads and services are introduced into a cloud environment, operational complexity increases. Without a clear responsibility model, the operation of platforms and applications can quickly become difficult to oversee, ultimately undermining efficiency. Imagine an apartment building where no one knows exactly who is responsible for the lift, the heating or the maintenance of communal areas. The problem may go unnoticed for a while, but the first malfunction will quickly reveal that unclear responsibilities pose at least as great a challenge as the technical issue itself.
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Cloud Exit Testing in Practice: A Phased Approach for Financial Institutions
The adoption of cloud technologies in the financial sector continues to accelerate, delivering significant benefits in terms of scalability, flexibility, and security. At the same time, regulatory requirements are becoming increasingly stringent – including DORA and the expectations of the ECB and the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB). As a result, financial institutions using public cloud services are required to have not only a documented cloud exit strategy, but also tested and executable exit plans for their critical systems. Although many organisations have prepared these documents to meet regulatory requirements, the plans themselves often remain untested. Consequently, they provide only limited assurance that the proposed exit can be successfully executed in practice.
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More Than Hiring: How Recruitment Creates Business Value
Over the past few years, I have led an executive search team, and if there is one thing my profession has taught me, it is that successful recruitment rarely comes down to luck. Many people still think of recruitment as a process that begins with posting a job advertisement and waiting for applications to arrive. In some cases, this approach works. However, the more specialized or senior a role becomes, the less reliable it is.
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How to Avoid Losing Control in the Cloud: The Foundations of Conscious Cloud Adoption
Cloud technology is no longer new. Most organizations use cloud solutions in some form, and the trend is clear: more and more workloads are being migrated from on-premises environments to the cloud. Yet, one recurring observation from our projects is that many organizations still fail to fully leverage the opportunities that cloud platforms offer.
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HR Trends 2025: Remote Work, Recruitment and Flexibility
Revolutionary changes rarely happen overnight in the world of HR. Labor law regulations evolve slowly, and HR processes often take years to develop. Still, the events of the past decade, namely digitalization, COVID, social platforms and AI have fundamentally reshaped the world of work. Our HR Business Partner, Beáta Mátis, shared which trends are currently shaping the labor market most significantly.
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"AI Isn’t a Silver Bullet — it’s a New Colleague" Sándor Gáspár on Integrating AI into Enterprise Operations
Artificial intelligence has entered corporate thinking with more momentum than ever. But what is it actually (not) good for? Where does the real value lie? And what makes an AI project successful from a business perspective? We discussed these questions with Sándor Gáspár, Head of the AI Competence Center at Stratis.
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