This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
What’s the Partnership Between Capgemini And Celaton Mean to Your Company? Capgemini, consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has announced a new global collaboration with Celaton, a specialist Artificial Intelligence (AI) company, to license and use its inSTREAM, cognitive learning technology. The 3 year contract, signed between Capgemini and Celaton, will extend Capgemini’s already strong automation […]
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced new hybrid capabilities in its storage and database offerings, which are remarkable in the way the products and offerings are set up and offer the existing Microsoft install base a path to the cloud.So let’s take apart Mark Jewett’s blog post in our customary style (it can be found here).
Tweet It’s time for another edition of Infographic Friday. Today’s content comes to us from Statista (with data from Nielsen) who put together this simple yet powerful chart to demonstrate the dominant position that sports now holds when it comes to live television consumption. Click here to see the original post on statista.com. You will find more statistics at Statista
Innovating Business Models and Digital Commerce | DisrupTV Ep. 5
In DisrupTV Episode 5, hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a dynamic conversation with three distinguished leaders in technology and innovation:
How the Internet of Things Connects Supply Chains to Customer ServiceThis report examines how the Internet of Things (IoT) improves the retail cusotmer experience by providing the devices and infrastructure to improve the transmission of data throughout throughout the retail supply chain.
Industrial conglomerate Honeywell is hoping to sell off its Building Solutions Group in a deal that could net between $3 billion and $4 billion, and has hired Goldman Sachs to shop it around, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Enterprise Connect 2016 is a leading conference and exhibition for enterprise communications and collaboration in North America. It is being held March 7-9th, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Genesys, a market leader in omni-channel customer experience (CX) and contact center solutions, will be particpating in the event. Genesys and Microsoft Working Together: The event will feature […]
What is NICE Systems Voice of The Customer Announcement Mean to Your Company? The announcement the launch of Total Voice of the Customer (TVOC) is the latest addition to the NICE VOC suite of solutions. TVOC leverages NICE’s Voice of the Customer solution, alongside NICE’s unique Interaction Analytics capabilities and vast experience in recording calls and making sense of that […]
Paleo, local, vegan, extra cheese, gluten free -- consumers are demanding when it comes to food. How are restaurants and food manufacturers to satisfy consumers that want each meal tailored to their dietary preferences? Technology of course. My latest report, The True Value of Technology for Food Supply Chains highlights opportunities for food retailers to satisfy customer demands with the help of the internet of things and big data technology.
Target has made a bold move to refashion its supply chain in the era of matrix commerce with the hiring of Arthur Valdez, who spent 16 years at Amazon in top supply chain and logistics leadership roles, as the Wall Street Journal reports:
I am as tired of telling you not to embark on Social Customer Service as you are of telling me I am a grouchy old man and I don’t get it.Fine.My data and case studies have not convinced you, so let’s try a different approach. Let’s have someone else show you their data.
Security starts with the identification of risks that in turn defines actions that are required. IoT devices range from simple sensors to embedded intelligence in sophisticated machines, and their deployment covers the whole spectrum of industries, and applications, as such there is not a single standard answer. It would seem unnecessary to consider imposing IT security practices to pilot a handful of simple monitoring sensors in a building, but a pilot should be the opportunity to learn about the technology and security aspects as well as the business benefits.
Hortonworks integrates Hortonworks Data Platform (Hadoop) and Hortonworks DataFlow (streaming data) platforms to offer a cohesive approach to analyzing data in motion and data at rest. Here’s how they fit together. … Continue reading →
What’s The Combo Up To? Blueprint, an innovator and global leader in accelerating and de-risking large, complex IT projects, and Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced a resale agreement increasing the ability for strategic customer growth worldwide. How Will Capgemini and Blueprint Work Together? Capgemini will […]
Deloitte’s Millennial Survey is a recent example of the research which serves to reinforce what we have long suspected – that a sense of values and purpose is at the core of the millennial mindset. Thus far we have seen this play out in the consumer landscape, with a significant reduction in leading indicators of personal consumption – consider:
Event report from Hortonwork's first analyst summit. The vendor has a clear ambition to become the next generation database for the enterprise – addressing both data at rest and in motion. These are traditional different architectures and players and bringing both together will be a challenge for anyone – so a tall ask (hence the blog post title). But it’s good for vendors to have an ambition and given the early phases it is good to see Hortonworks is off to an early start to bring these two database domains together.
Innovation in Cloud-Based Financial Management ApplicationsThis report makes the case for innovation in financial management apps in the cloud. This report provides an overview of the latest cloud-based offering in Financial Management applications (FinancialForce.com).
Cisco is buying a startup called CliQr Technologies for $260 million in a move that underscores the fact that for most enterprises, hybrid cloud computing is the path forward. Here are the details from Cisco's announcement:
The US Department of Commerce and Europen Union have struck a new agreement for the trans-Atlantic transfer of Personal Data, to replace the old "Safe Harbor" arrangement. It's great for business, but data flow regulations are a small part of privacy. US companies need to understand that they still have broader privacy obligations.
One of the most interesting and useful podcasts that I listen to is Drew McLellan’s Build a Better Agency podcast. Each week, Drew serves up fascinating and tangible tips, tricks and proven approaches to help agency owners grow their business. It’s a great combination of tactics and strategy, capability building and new ideas.
This morning Oracle announced a new storage offering that extends strategic options for enterprises on how, where and when to store data, all at an attractive TCO position. But it’s for data on… mainframes. Why would Oracle go after this market? At first glance the move is unlikely and unusual for the vendor.