While there is consensus on the importance of adopting digital technology, most employees find the process complex and slow.
In other words, the television and film production industries are adopting digital technology for the same reasons that other parts of corporate America have done so -- to streamline the way they do business.
In recent years, modern hearing aids have gotten smaller while adopting digital technology alongside directional microphones and filters that can let the wearer turn his or her head to focus on sounds coming from different places.
School districts across the country are increasingly adopting digital technologies that collect details about students' achievements, activities, absences, disabilities and learning styles in an effort to tailor instruction to the individual child.
Now then, if adults are adopting digital technologies at an astounding rate, to better their own lives, connect, and learn, why not the world's whippersnappers?
Michael Borrell, SVP E&P North Sea, Total agreed that there is no doubt that the industry is too slow adopting digital technologies and he points to people and mindsets as the heart of the problem.
What's the next move?' " Spectratone adopted digital technology 10 years ago; now a bank of computers and digital printers occupies about 10percentt of the sprawling 10,000-square-foot space.
Those who decided to adopt digital technology early on incurred huge costs in building new computer systems on top of the outdated ones that were already in place, for little immediate benefit.
Since taking the helm in 2011, Gulliver has cut the workforce from 296,000 to 257,000 and has signalled another 25,000 reductions to turn the bank's focus towards Asian markets and adopt digital technology.
Andrews said Crest will benefit from being managed by a leading circuit, which will be able to use its clout with the studios to book a "stronger lineup of movies". Carmike, which was one of the first theater chains to adopt digital technology, already has installed a new digital projector, silver screen and 3-D system at the Crest.
Lloyds is closing 200 branches and cutting 9,000 jobs as it adopts digital technologies.
