You often hear digital transformation described as a disruptive force — on markets, on business models, on processes, and more. In this context, disruption is viewed as a positive thing that creates new opportunities, and even new industries. For example, here’s a business-specific definition of disrupt from Cambridge Dictionary: to change the traditional way that an […]
We just returned from the Leading Edge Forum (LEF) Spring Study Tour in Seattle and San Francisco, where we met with leading companies who are rapidly evolving their businesses to meet the latest customer demands. Directed by a clear purpose, these organisations are seemingly able to evolve their business models, change their operating models, and […]
Casi tres cuartas partes de las grandes empresas ya se han beneficiado de las iniciativas de Big Data e Inteligencia Artificial (IA), según una encuesta publicada a principios de este año en Harvard Business Review. Entre sus beneficios, aseguran los coautores Thomas Davenport y Randy Bean, destacan que las decisiones que se toman mediante análisis […]
Nearly three-quarters of large enterprises already have benefited from big data and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, according to a survey published early this year in Harvard Business Review. Among those benefits, write co-authors Thomas Davenport and Randy Bean, are better decisions through advanced analytics, better customer service, lower costs, and innovation. However, only about one […]
Still think of Microsoft as the Windows company? Think again. In Microsoft’s latest quarter, it was the cloud, not Windows, that drove revenue to $25 billion in non-GAAP revenue in the quarter, over the expected $24 billion and up 10% year-over-year from $23 billion. Not bad. Not bad at all. “Innovation across our cloud platforms drove […]
Is Intel backing away from the OpenStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud? Good question, but I don’t see it happening myself. The story that questions Intel’s commitment to OpenStack was sparked by news that Intel was pulling out of its Rackspace partnership, the OpenStack Innovation Center. This was a software-testing project meant to encourage the use of OpenStack in the enterprise. […]
Mobile technology is absolutely critical for enterprises to succeed in the digital economy. But the presence of mobile devices and apps in the workplace doesn’t automatically translate into improved business. In fact, mobile can cause so many problems if not effectively managed that it can lead to enterprise failure through lost sales opportunities, excessive and unnecessary costs and […]
When I think of strategy, I imagine playing a game of chess, coming up with patterns that put me in a better position to win: “If I can get my knight and queen connected in the center of the board, I can force my opponent’s king into a trap in the corner.” But when I […]
I just spent an hour with my 20-year old daughter on the receiving end of a tutorial for a new Snapchat feature she thought I needed. As a specialist in social media with my company Weapons of Mass Discussion®, I consider myself pretty savvy about the latest apps and social media platforms. But despite this cockiness, I […]
The rise of data lakes — huge repositories of different types of data in original form — over the past couple of years is in response to a growing urgency among enterprises to efficiently and cost-effectively store and manage increasingly large and diverse sets of data. The data residing in the lake is unsiloed and can be […]
