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December 20, 2017

Digital Transformation Digest: Google Chrome Ad Block Plan Looms, China's Red-hot Xunlei Eyes US, EU Cloud Launch, Magic Leap Unveils AR Headset

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
Google's ad-blocking plan for Chrome gets a start date: Beginning on February 15, web ads that don't meet standards set by the industry group Coalition for Better Ads will be blo...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
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November 27, 2017

Digital Transformation Digest: Amazon Launches Sumerian for AR/VR Apps, Cybersecurity Consolidation Continues

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
Amazon Web Services unveils Sumerian: AWS re:Invent, which kicks off this week in Las Vegas, is a big highlight of an otherwise slow time for tech conferences. In its first gro...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
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October 12, 2017

Digital Transformation Digest: Microsoft and AWS Team Up on Machine Learning, Box Unveils AI Tools, Dell's $1 Billion IoT Bet

Data to Decisions
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft team up on deep learning: Co-opetition is a driving force in the development of artificial intelligence technologies, evidenced by a new partners...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
Andy Mulholland
Doug Henschen
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October 06, 2017

Digital Transformation Digest: AWS Now GE's 'Preferred' Cloud Partner, AOL IM Signing Off, Walmart Buys Startup for Same-Day Delivery

Future of Work
GE picks Amazon Web Services as 'preferred' cloud provider: An interesting press release came over the wire this week from Amazon Web Services, stating that GE has chosen it as...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
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October 03, 2017

Digital Transformation Digest: Oracle and Slack Team Up, Salesforce Aims Trailhead at Higher Ed, Ace Hardware Buys the Grommet

Future of Work
Oracle ties up with Slack: While Oracle has made a lot of news during its massive OpenWorld conference this week, one item in particular stands out. The company recently became a...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
Insight News
September 12, 2017

Digital Transformation Digest: iOS 11's Enterprise Implications, Rackspace Continues Services Push with Datapipe Buy, Microsoft Adds Key Feature to Teams

Future of Work
Apple iOS 11 and the enterprise: This week, Apple held its much-anticipated launch event for the iPhone 8, iPhone X, new Apple Watch and other hardware. But for enterprises, ju...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
Holger Mueller
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September 07, 2017

Digital Transformation Digest: Amazon's Plan for A Second Headquarters, MIT and IBM Team Up for AI, and Atlassian Launches Its Slack Competitor

Data to Decisions
The mega-numbers behind Amazon's second HQ: Amazon is planning to build a second, but equal in scope and stature, headquarters operation and is looking for a U.S. metro area to...
Chris Kanaracus
Doug Henschen
Alan Lepofsky
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August 29, 2017

Digital Transformation Digest: Apple and Accenture Team Up for Mobile Enterprise, VMWare and Pivotal's New Container Service, Facebook Wins Patent for Gesture Control System, and More

Future of Work
Accenture and Apple's new enterprise mobility venture: Apple is making a new push into enterprise computing through a partnership with Accenture around iOS development. The dea...
Chris Kanaracus
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Holger Mueller
Alan Lepofsky
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June 13, 2017

Microsoft Spiking Docs.com: What It Means for Dynamics

Marketing Transformation
Many acquisitions lead to product overlap, and Microsoft's $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn a year ago is no different. Redmond has announced that Docs.com, the filesharing s...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
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June 07, 2017

Apple to Introduce Business Chat for Customer Service and Commerce

Marketing Transformation
Apple is set to take another turn toward the enterprise—and into competition with the likes of Facebook and Twitter—with an upcoming service called Business Chat. While Apple i...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
Cindy Zhou
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March 09, 2017

WhatsApp Looks to Monetize with Business-to-Customer Chat: The Promise and Pitfalls

Marketing Transformation
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...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
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March 01, 2017

Google Readies Enterprise Version of Hangout

Future of Work
The market for enterprise-grade videoconferencing platforms is about to get even more competitive, with the imminent arrival of Meet by Google Hangout. While Google hasn't offi...
Chris Kanaracus
Alan Lepofsky
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