After the shake-up of 2020, the dust is slowly starting to settle, and organisations all over the world are taking stock.

There are those who've thrived in the face of adversity and those who've had to make some extremely difficult decisions.

But one thing's for certain.

We've all been on a digital transformation journey.

Digital transformation has been the most overused buzzword in the technology industry for the last four years. And yet, it's all we can talk about, because our tech and business strategies

have been through quite an evolution.

It was a do-or-die moment. Just imagine if you couldn't ring up your tail-k provider or you

couldn't get through to your bank. If organisations hadn't pivoted as quickly, would they still exist?

In today's episode, we look at what the tech happened to digital transformation initiatives during the pandemic.

We talk about what happened when organisations had to throw out the rulebook,

why digital experience is top of mind for consumers and employees,

and why the role of IT professionals might have changed forever. All that and much more.

I'm Michael Bird and this is Technology Untangled.

Digital Digital transformation is the conscious integration of digital technology into all areas of a business.

And buzzwords aside, most organisations have been talking about it for ages.

We've got digital transformation strategies and chief digital officers coming out of our ears.

But the stats say that 70% of all digital transformation initiatives fail.

To find out why I called up Dave Strong, UK I'mSA, pre-sales director for HPE.

There are three areas that really caused this to happen.

One is around complexity.

Too many organisations take on too much.

They try to bring together far too many digital technologies to try and deliver a business outcome and they end up failing.

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