This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
It’s that time of the year when Salesforce persuades almost unbelievable numbers of people, (said to be 170,000), to come to San Francisco for its annual Dreamforce event. It’s no longer possible to classify attendees as customers, developers, even pure CRM professionals as the pervasive nature of Salesforce Technology at the center of Enterprise capability has broaden the roles and interests of the attendees.
IBM pushes quantum computing envelope: Big Blue has fired the latest salvo in the competitive war between itself and the likes of Google and Microsoft over quantum computing, announcing it has created a working prototype of a 50 quibit processor.
IBM tightens privacy measures for EU cloud operations: In response to both regulatory and competitive pressures, IBM is adding a new layer of data access and control guidelines in its Frankfurt data center operations, which serves many cloud infrastructure customers across the EU. Here are the key details from its announcement:
The Design Point For All Future AI Driven Apps
The quest for mass personalization at scale in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to new models of design for the future of applications. One design point for these new AI driven smart apps is a concept called Infinite Ambient Orchestration. The three components can be described as:
SILICON VALLEY, CALIF. (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 04, 2017Constellation Research, Inc. the disruptive technology research and advisory firm announced the winners of the seventh annual SuperNova Awards. The Constellation SuperNova Awards recognize leaders and teams for their innovative application of disruptive technology in business.
Some of these books are new for 2017. Others, published before 2017, may be even more important now than they were when first published... at least for me. You'll see a clear focus on the future of work, as well as some heavy hitting general management books. Some link to my earlier reviews, others I'll just share what I was looking for and what I found. If these sound good to you, here is a set from prior years.
WARNING; If you work for an Industry Sector leading Enterprise this piece may serious disturb your piece of mind in respect of your Digital Business strategy. Shifting from Products, to Services, to Outcomes to gain increased revenues at higher margins will be at the heart of your Enterprise Digital Business strategy.
This exciting panel shows how context, mass personalization, and digital come to life with a converged reality. See how Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality create new business opportunities and experiences in a mixed reality.
https://events.bizzabo.com/203850/agenda/session/170133
Alex Barth
VP of Business Development
Mapbox
Alan Lepofsky
VP & Principal Analyst (MODERATOR)
Constellation Research
Brian Katz
Enterprise Architect & Strategist
Oath
Joel Pennington
ARVR Strategy and Development
Autodesk
Join the audience for an exclusive interview with entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, Aneel Bhusri. He is the co-founder and CEO of Workday, Inc., a partner at Greylock Partners, and a member of the board of directors of Intel. This no-holds barred interview brings out insights and personal point of view from one of Silicon Valley's industry icons.
As the Marketoon from Tom Fishburne shows, the term GDPR strikes fear and can lead to "The Scream" with marketers (for those that know about it). Based on my conversations with CMOs and marketers, only 43% were aware of GDPR and of which 55% were actively preparing for it.
Learn from visionaries who are pioneering the future of block chain and understand how they are pushing the limits beyond human comprehension. Get the real view on synchronous ledgers.
https://events.bizzabo.com/203850/agenda/session/170129
Susanne Somerville
CEO
MediLedger Project
Matthew Kerner
Partner GM
Microsoft Corporation
Aron Dutta
CEO, Founder and Chairman
VAPHR Inc.
Steve Wilson
Principal Analyst
Constellation Research
We had the opportunity to attend the first C3IoT analyst day at their headquarters in Redwood City. The office itself is worth mentioning as it’s a nice departure from the often bland offices in Silicon Valley, with lots of greenery, a floor crossing light alcove and a lot of wood.
Bad bosses make people miserable. They also kill innovation, stifle growth, increase costs, and create instability. Well-meaning people become bad bosses without even realizing it.
Join us for the SuperNova Awards and Dinner Gala! The Constellation SuperNova Awards are the first and only awards to celebrate the leaders and teams who have overcome the odds to successfully apply emerging and disruptive technologies for their organizations.
https://events.bizzabo.com/203850/agenda/session/170175
Award Winners https://www.constellationr.com/events/supernova/2017