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Innovation in Education, Leadership, and the Arts | DisrupTV Ep. 62
In Episode 62 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with three thought leaders who bring unique perspectives on innovation, leadership, and the arts:
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We had the opportunity to attend SAP’s yearly user conference SapphireNow, held in Orlando from May 15th till 18th 2017. The conference was well attended, with SAP stating 30k attendees making it to the Florida swamps. The conference floor layout remains beautiful and unconventional, with no separation of keynote, show floor and sessions.
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Google's I/O developer conference kicked off this week and as in past years, it generated a lot of news spanning both consumer and enterprise-oriented scenarios (and of course, in some cases that line is a bit blurry). Here's a look at the top takeaways from the event's announcements for CXOs to consider.
Not Mobile First, AI First
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Billed as a "digital innovation system", the central focus on SAP Leonardo at the company's massive annual confab in Orlando this week speaks volumes as to its perceived importance to the firm's overall vision. SAP is clearly betting Leonardo is the right mix of technologies, tools, patterns, and services to help large companies deliver quickly on the latest high-impact digital capabilities beyond the fundamentals in the increasingly commoditized public cloud industry.
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After spending two years researching blockchain and the evolution of advanced ledger technologies, I still find a great spread of understanding across my clients and business at large about blockchain. While ledger superpowers like Hyperledger, IBM, Microsoft and R3 are emerging, there remains a long tail of startups trying to innovate on the first generation public blockchains.
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Teradata simplifies pricing, executes on business consulting and hybrid cloud strategy. A look at next steps in the company’s ongoing transition.
“Business outcome led, technology enabled.” This was the theme at the May 8-10 Teradata Third-Party Influencers Summit in San Diego, and it reflected a two-to-one ratio of consulting-oriented presentations to technology updates.
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In January, SAP moved to bundle its offerings for IoT under the brand name Leonardo. Jump forward just several months later to this week's Sapphire Now conference, and the vision has already grown much broader.
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SAP CEO Bill McDermott took the stage for the Sapphire Now conference's opening keynote this week, and after a few minutes of audience engagement and banter, launched into his first core topic. No, it wasn't about a new product or strategy, but rather something that affects many SAP customers: Indirect access.
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Independent enterprise software support provider Rimini Street will soon be a publicly traded company, but via a merger and not with a long-expected initial public offering. The move stands to give Rimini the capital it needs for expansion.
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Great customer service goes beyond fixing a computer or handing out discounts.
It’s about leaving people with a good feeling about your business.
And thanks to social media, your customers and prospects are already sharing thoughts about your brand whether you like it or not.
So if you want to minimize the negativity and amplify the positivity, here’s ten simple tips:
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An Uncomplicated Explanation of What Blockchain Can Do and What It Cannot Do
This brief paper explains how the blockchain works. It examines the founding principles of blockchain, describes its properties and dispels common myths about its powers.
SAP is getting its app store act together, with the unveiling of a new App Center that brings together partner offerings for its entire catalog in the same place. The move gets what had become a growing problem with app store sprawl under control, as SAP's Steve Ache writes in a blog post:
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SAP is planning to make major additional investments in Business ByDesign, the cloud ERP suite it first launched in 2007, hoping to make the product finally reach the critical mass it originally expected.
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Title: Comment on a Medium Article
Source: Surfin’
Link: https://medium.com/@nafrondel/you-requested-someone-with-a-degree-in-this-holds-up-hand-d4bf18e96ff
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A New Breed of Software Helps Improve User Adoption of New Technologies
Navigating Brand Strategy, Crisis Management, and Tech Journalism | DisrupTV Ep. 61
In Episode 61 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with three industry experts:
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We had the opportunity to attend Microsoft’s yearly developer conference – Microsoft Build, held in Seattle from May 10th till 13th 2017. The event was back in Seattle, like in early days, and is probably the most international event from an attendee perspective I know off. A sign of Microsoft’s global scale and importance in the developer community.
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A knowledge summary is a semi-long to a long post that synthesizes positions, concepts, and lessons learned around a topic. They consist of a mix of primary research with ideas and frameworks I built based on conversations and working sessions.
This knowledge summary will focus on concepts you have to know to succumb to embrace digital transformation in the next decade.
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Digital Trends Signal Manufacturing Renaissance Ahead
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Digital Trends Signal Manufacturing Renaissance Ahead
Microsoft is beefing up its database options for Azure in a big way. During the first day of its Build developer conference, Redmond unveiled a new "planet-scale" database platform, new support for open-source databases, and a database migration service. Here's a look at each announcement and what they mean.
Azure Cosmos DB
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Microsoft's Build developer conference kicked off with a keynote featuring CEO Satya Nadella, who set the tone for the event in clear terms: Microsoft views developers not as cogs in the machine, but creators.
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