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SAP's Concur subsidiary is expanding its play in traveler risk management, a key area of innovation in a world increasingly marked by political unrest, extreme weather and terrorism. Here are the details from its announcement:
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Intel has already been a key player in the IoT (Internet of Things) market but is looking to significantly strengthen its hand by plunking down $15.3 billion for MobilEye, maker of software, specialized chips and cameras for self-driving cars.
Working with various organizations worldwide, I’ve had the great opportunity to help facilitate sustainable Office 365 adoption. On March 22, I’m excited to host a […]
Google Cloud is adding must-have enterprise features and scaling the business to meet data platform, machine learning and AI demand. Here’s a progress report.
The Cloud / IaaS industry has grown rapidly in the last years, and providers have been solidifying their systems over the years. Outages are always unfortunate and by large the cloud has shown that it is more resilient than pretty much any on premises computing setup.
Google Cloud is adding must-have enterprise features and scaling the business to meet data platform, machine learning and AI demand. Here’s a progress report. Google’s reputation for big data, machine … Continue reading →
March 8-10 Google held their Google Next conference, where they shared news about Google Cloud, G Suite and more. My primary focus for the conference was G Suite (formerly known as Google Apps), Google's personal productivity and team collaboration platform.
Disrupt Yourself, Digital Purpose & Leading with Authenticity | DisrupTV Ep. 52
On DisrupTV Episode 52, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar are joined by three thinkers who bring unique perspectives on personal disruption, digital leadership, and change:
Salesforce this week detailed progress on Einstein artificial intelligence. Less clear was how a new IBM partnership will change Salesforce AI plans. Here’s what's behind the headlines.
What’s the state of Salesforce Einstein, the portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities announced last fall? Salesforce generated plenty of media coverage this week with two big announcements. Here’s my take on the realities of a partnership with IBM and what we have yet to understand about the packaging and pricing of Einstein.
It appears that Facebook has finally settled on how to make money with its massively popular WhatsApp messaging system, for which it paid an eye-popping $19 billion three years ago. It's an idea that takes a cue from what Facebook is doing with its similar Messenger app, as Reuters reports:
Google Cloud Takes Key Steps To Enterprise Class
Over 10,000 customers, prospects, partners, Google developers, and employees gathered in San Francisco’s Moscone West Conference Center for Google’s flagship enterprise event.
We had the opportunity to attend Google’s Google Next conference, happening in San Francisco from March 7th till 11th at Moscone West. San Francisco ‘dressed’ up in Google Next colors already way ahead of the event, it was clear that this would be a much bigger event than last year’s Google Cloud Platform event. And a difference it was, also aided by the combination of Google Cloud and GSuite, the number of analysts jumped from 20 or so to estimated 80+.
Any definition of a Digital Business emphasizes the requirement to be marketplace responsive with Enterprise wide dynamic agility to optimize reactions to events, and opportunities. As business buyers and consumers both become adept at finding exactly what they want mass volume product and distribution becomes configurable software Products and Services. To increase revenues Enterprise have to become equally adept in the finding, and aligning the people, knowledge and operating assets to match.
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Whenever R "Ray" Wang travels for business, he is often engaged in one of these three activities, which typically involves connecting with business professionals or leaders.
Back in October, we announced the new Constellation ShortList™ program. It offers guidance across our different coverage areas and helps buyers of technology identify the services and products they need to achieve digital transformation.
IBM is doubling down on its stake in the nascent quantum computing market, announcing plans to build commercially available universal quantum systems. It's a bold but not unexpected move following Big Blue's unveiling last year of Quantum Experience, which allowed the public to interact with an IBM quantum computer through its cloud.