Cyber security is a critical part of our national security plan in the 21st century. Critical infrastructure...
“Why is it that sales organizations, the very heart of every growth company, are not as well served with technology as their counterparts in Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Manufacturing and...
In a rapidly changing world, it falls to those that provide design, manufacturing and supply chain services to adapt first, to be ready to empower the brands that will change the world to adapt fast....
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Improvement in our health system is sorely needed and analytics may be one of our biggest...
Architecture and engineering firms leverage technology to generate business as their marketplace transforms. Population growth is driving an increasing trend of individuals migrating to megacities...
“Shadow IT” means the creation of IT systems without specific approval of the IT team. In the good old days, this was mostly limited to users creating Microsoft Access databases and complex Excel...
From networking in Information Technology, to the internet, to social networks, to connected cars and to the Internet of Things (IoT), networks have become ubiquitous across all walks of life from...
USB celebrated its 22nd birthday this month! The USB (short for Universal Serial Bus) was a game changer when it was introduced. And it is now THE standard for connecting our devices...
RPA (Robotic Process Automation) is a targeted solution for optimising human usage on mundane tasks, unlike the unpopular notion of "workforce reduction". If we have to take a precedent from...
IT leaders want to run the IT organization to be a business-focused, cost-effective and well-run IT operation. The IT team must be recognized for its responsiveness, flexibility, and the effectiveness of...
Someone recently asked me whether I felt employer branding and HR was important in customer experience. My answer to that is a definite yes. In fact, if you want to excel in customer service, it’s...
Having been involved in aviation technology for some years now, I wanted to take the time to reflect on how things have evolved in that time and whether there might now be some new ideas of ways to...
Agile methodologies have given companies just what they need in the digital era: a collaborative and flexible way to develop software (and even optimize some of their other business functions as well)...
If you are an IT leader, you don’t need to be told you are valuable to your institution’s strategic process. You see it every day in the news you read, websites you visit, and dozens (100s?) of unsolicited...
Throughout humanity’s history, people have been exploring approaches to stretch the biological limitations of the human body. We have been creating the means and devices to augment our...
When Facebook announced bots last year, within 15 seconds of experimentation, what has for 6 months been widely touted as the replacement for apps, an entire new way to interface with...
I was saddened to see that a Denial of Service (DOS) or a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack has brought down Internet services for more than 40 Millions users in the East Coast of the United...
All modern organizations face some degree of cyber risk. Cyber attacks over the last several years have been steadily increasing, and have increased in both count and severity very recently...
After spending a few months marketing to enterprises with both a field and inside sales team, I have some thoughts on marketing to Enterprise vs SMB and what it means for a CMO...
Accompanied by the high-deductible health plans and cost sharing models, consumerism has been...
Yes, this is about the current state of politics in America, but rest assured I am not taking a political position on a forum that, gratefully and for the most part, has kept politics at arms length. Rather, as...
Money is coming to cloud PLM vendors. Earlier this week, my attention was caught by Propel PLM announcement about raising $18M in series B...
Smart technology has become indispensable in many infrastructures. Our homes and cities - even our roads and sidewalks - along with many public facilities are “connected” and designed...
Data is a subject that is top of mind for most organizations right now. It not only comes up in most of my client meetings, but also in conversations...
Healthcare is changing. Not only for physicians and hospitals but also for yoga studios, financial advisers, massage therapists, food...
A common scenario in a Chinese pediatrics building at midnight looks like this — baby cries, distraught parents, exhausted doctors with bare sleep, and a long...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already revolutionizing healthcare. In simple terms, the IoT for healthcare comprises devices and applications that are able to connect to healthcare IT systems through computer networks.
Was watching an episode of a popular medical series where a senior citizen meets with an accident on his tour and gets admitted to the local...
Whether you are a techie person or not, there’s a big chance that you may have heard the terms Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and...
Nearly every new technology is disruptive to the extent that it’s expected to replace older technologies. Sometimes, as with the cloud, old technology is simply rebranded to make it more...
In this article I would like to explore new opportunities for value, innovation, and disruption driven by information and AI in the domain...
I’ve been following new technologies in the banking industry for many years, watching them disrupt long-established processes.
There are reasons to be optimistic as we begin 2018. Self-sustaining growth in the global economy and the recovery of international trade have...
Organisations are concerned about risks of 'vendor lock-in'. Fears are rooted in mainframe era when capex on a specific technology usually drove...
As the CEO of a $4 billion technology company and chairman-elect of the World Economic Forum’s IT Governors Steering Committee, I remain vigilantly...
n case you haven’t noticed, “Reality” is BIG business. There are “Reality” shows about everything and everyone on every type of media – from FB,...
Conviviality is defined by renown Austrian priest Ivan Illich as individual freedom realized through greater autonomy and personal interdependence....
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In the 2017 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends*, it was stated that the....
I like technology and the value technology services can deliver. I have a made a career of developing, implementing, overseeing, and improving...
In a recent conference call with investors, I reviewed Verizon’s 2017 financial and operational results, the implications of tax reform to Verizon...
The technology industry is at a critical inflection point, as the cloud and other new technologies represent the biggest and most significant changes...
I have never seen anyone pull into a parking space, get out of their car and leave their laptop, wallet, iPhone, social security card, list of most important...