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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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For the last two decade Microsoft Office has been the dominate desktop productivity suite. Argue about "cool alternatives" all you want, but who doesn't come across Word, Excel or PowerPoint at some point in their day?
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I have a sneaking suspicion that the most successful call to action in the world is Forgot Password?. That small link that sits below a password field is my friend. After all, I have passwords for every blog, social media site, news sites, business sites, bank, retailer and online tool or cloud provider that I use. The use of passwords is, in itself, a personal big data challenge that I have yet to solve.
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Here are my top 3 takeaways from the analyst meeting: 1. The New Infosys is Here 2. Transformation at Work 3. Product Showcase EdgeVerve
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How to Deliver Right-Time Engagement for Long-Term Advocacy and Lifetime Value
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This Quark presents five strategies for marketers to create right-time, relevant engagement that result in long-term customer lifetime value and brand advocacy.
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.
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Take a look at the product releases coming out of Workday Rising.
Holger Mueller shares his top three takeaways from Workday's annual user conference.
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Weekly video recap contains: First Take about IBM Insight Day 1 Keynote, Constellation Research Connected Enterprise event at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, The winner of the Constellation SuperNova Award in the category 'Consumerization of IT & The new C-Suite' - Robin Jenkins of RMH Franchise, The webinar about 'Globalization, HR and Business Model Change', My Event report of IBM Insight
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After many IBM events this year (Connect, Impact, Pulse, Enterprise, analyst summits on BigData & Analytics, the STG products) etc. – it became clear to me with Insight, that maybe everything is coming together for IBM in 2015.
Three Positive Signs It's All Coming Together for IBM
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At the beginning of the year, Oracle Eloqua released a State of Content Marketing Survey Report that revealed the trends that were impacting content marketing and approaches that would be taken through 2014. And now, as we are closing in on what is possibly the most explosive time of year for content marketing (yes, I […]
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Once a year - at the yearly Constellation Connected Enterprise conference, we award innovative executives in each of our research areas. It was my honor this year to award the winner in our research area of 'Consumerization of IT / The new C-Suite'.
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