Application integration, now more than ever, is a skill IT teams at any organization need to master. Companies are able to innovate because of the information that integration makes available to business processes, applications, and people across an enterprise—they have better business logic and analytics, and can make better decisions…. Read More →
By now, we all understand the enormous scale of big data and that enterprises have indeed begun to store, collect, and analyze historical data for intelligent action. This basic minimum is not enough, nor will it ever be, as big data continues to wildly increase. The few companies who actually… Read More →
I admit it, I hate shopping. When my wife hands me a list for the grocery store I am convinced she is trying to punish me for some past transgression. I know better than to argue with her though, so I dutifully head to the store. I think most of… Read More →
We have an overflowing abundance of information in the world. We’ve been computerizing and digitizing everything under the sun for decades. When that wasn’t enough, we put all that data online when the Internet arrived. And it continued to grow and became “big” and then really, really “big.” But throughout… Read More →
In 2012, on the two biggest shopping days of the year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, sales grew by 26% and 20% from the previous year. Don’t believe the apocalyptic news hype, retail is not dying, not even close. Retail is evolving to giving the customer exactly what they want,… Read More →
A well-integrated company is a thoughtful one in a consumer’s daily life. It gives its customers valuable information when it’s actionable and lets us better plan our schedules. A thoughtful brand provides clarity in uncertain times by letting you know what to expect with enough foresight to make changes. Whether… Read More →
It’s a well-worn rule of thumb that you have little more than 10 seconds to impress someone with your website. Its design and, more importantly, your content will either draw in and convert someone into a loyal customer or allow them to remain a digital transient. You only have seconds… Read More →
Three-time 49ers Super Bowl champion, four-time Pro Bowl player, First-Team All-Pro and NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year in 1988 – running back Roger Craig knows the importance of being able to make real-time decisions on and off the field. In that 1988 season, he rushed for a career-high 1,502… Read More →
At the age of 17, with just two months worth of money in his pocket, Vivek Ranadivé left his home in Bombay for the United States. He dreamed of attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) after watching a documentary in India years earlier. He was able to earn a… Read More →
In 2009, as Barack Obama was taking office, I wrote a Top 10 list of things he should do with technology. Now, on the day of his second inauguration, I wanted to take a retrospective look at my old predictions and add some new ones for the next four years…. Read More →