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If you are leading individuals from multiple "generations", you are probably categorizing them incorrectly, and here is why this is bad for you and your business.
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The rise of digital presents an opportunity for the Chief Information Security Officer to move from a purely defensive position to one which uses the organization's information to act strategically and drive business value. Today Constellation Research published Strategic Opportunities for the Chief Information Security Officer in a Digital Age, a report highlighting the potential for security officers to utilize an organization’s information as a competitive asset.
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Exploring the Shift from Information Security to Digital Competitiveness
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This report provides key concepts and frameworks for broadening the focus of information security activities to include utilizing the organization's information to make a stronger, strategic contribution to the enterprise’s competitiveness.
If you have been wondering what Salesforce has been up to, they have unveiled their next generation social studio, which is now fully integrated into the Salesforce Marketing Cloud. It’s got an interesting twist in that it includes next generation social listening, social customer service for service teams and new social lead engagement for sales […]
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Banafsheh Ghassemi, CEO and Founder, Tangerine Lab at Constellation's Connected Enterprise
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Before The Hype Hits A Crescendo, Let’s Lock Down The Basic Elements of Digital TransformationConstellation defines digital transformation as the methodology in which organizations transform and create new business models and culture with digital technologies.“Digital Transformation is the methodology in which organizations transform and create new business models and culture with digital technologies”
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Do we truly understand the economic value that the Internet of Things is able to provide as an Environment as well as to a specific Business Activity? It’s pretty amazing to think what will probably be connected with the resulting amount of data made available, but that’s not a Business argument for making use of the Internet of Things. In fact Business value is created by the context specific, not from the volume… normally.
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About a year ago IBM first announced they would be developing their next generation email client, code named MailNext. Today in NYC (and similar satellite events around the world) IBM unveiled the official product, now named IBM Verse. That's verse as in converse, or social interaction, not the shoe company. It's not a play on universe, nor a song or poem, nor related to Lotus "Notes" making up a verse!
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Here is my weekly recap of the week of November 7th:
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For the last few years many software vendors in the enterprise social market have explained what their product does by using the analogy "It's like Facebook at work". Well, now it appears Facebook themselves will be getting into the game by actually offering, Facebook At Work. At the moment there are few official details from Facebook about the product such as when will it be available, what will it cost, what will it do, etc.Below are a few of my thoughts about the potential Facebook At Work:
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Facial recognition is digital alchemy. It's the prince of data mining.Facial recognition takes previously anonymous images and conjures peoples' identities. It's an invaluable capability. Once they can pick out faces in crowds, trawling surreptitiously through anyone and everyone's photos, the social network businesses can work out what we're doing, when and where we're doing it, and who we're doing it with. The companies figure out what we like to do without us having to 'like' or favorite anything.
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AWS' yearly user conference re:Invent winds down, and it was an announcement filled and action packed week in Las Vegas. The conference had over 13k+ attendees, with a huge global contingent, I probably heard more foreign languages than at any other event I attended recently (and even in the same settings at the Venetian, which makes for easy comparisons).
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Today was Day 1 of IBM's Analyst Insight Summit. This exclusive event brings together the top industry analysts from around the world to meet with the heads of IBM's software division. If I had to sum up the event in one word, it would be analytics.IBM has a vast software portfolio that covers a variety of topics, but at the centre of all of them is IBM's message around using data to gather insights that can lead to better decision making. While IBM has several technologies in the analytics space, the crown jewel is IBM Watson.
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On November 10th SAP announced the hiring of a new CTO, Quentin Clark, joining the product team working for Bernd Leukert immediately.
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Today’s marketing technology landscape represents a whopping 947 different companies that provide software for marketers, focused on specific functions such as marketing automation, web data analysis or customer relationship management. What this means is that the job of the CMO and Marketer has become increasing complex. The other issue is that often the technology decisions in […]
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Companies like Apple, REI, Amazon, and Zappos are known for providing exceptional customer experiences. They’ve set the standard, and yet there are still upstarts like Everlane, Birchbox, One King’s Lane, and Zulily, to name just a few that are setting new standards. Since we’re headed into the holiday high season for retailers, I thought it […]
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I like to say that I know enough about technology to be dangerous. Back in the day of IBM XTs, I could code, tie devices together in new ways, and generally do a decent job of integrating technology and work without getting my hands too dirty. For a while though, I’ve felt that the world has gone beyond my skills and I let the experts do the tech side while I advocate for those trying to get their work done. Recently, I’m seeing some interesting possibilities for all of us to take back some control of the technologies that make up the tools of our work.
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One of the highlights of last year’s re:invent was James Hamilton talk about the inner workings of AWS. Hamilton has no ‘filter’ which makes his presentations a nightmare for PR and AR, but a suspenseful presentation for the rest of the audience. Here are my key takeaways from Hamilton’s talk the other day...
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It’s a strange fact that the two of the most common statements about using data are; I don’t have enough data to act, or, I have too much data to make sense of the situation. How can both be true? Obvious answers would include quality versus quantity, relevance versus resources, and of course analyzing big data. These are all answers that come naturally to IT professionals, and of course to many Business Managers well versed in operating their business.
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Can Brands Keep Their Promise? Join Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, Bryan MacDonald, and Dr. Janice Presser to learn what skills are needed for organizations and people to succeed.
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My top three takeaways from the keynote at KronosWorks: 1) Kronos invests in R&D 2) Customer success matters 3) Analytics makes the difference
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I love this infographic on various urban myths that permeate our modern existence. By author, David McCandless, it visualises some of the most Googled myths and misconceptions – with larger bubbles indicating that it is a common search term. Some of my personal favourites include: That you SHOULD wake sleepwalkers That bats are NOT blind […]
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Here is my weekly recap of the week of November 7th:
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If there is one constant headache for any enterprise it is finding the right staff, and there is no place where this is harder than in the new skills for Digital Business. And right at the top of the list is finding the right person to head up and grow your new Digital Business to reach the ambitious goals that the board has set, and probably created financial market expectation around. There is plenty of advice on what these extraordinarily rare and gifted people should do, but is this really enough to guarantee success in finding and ongoing operations?
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