Build and buy: Key to forming DevOps environment
Buy in order to build up DevOps environment Stanger’s assessment speaks to the nature of DevOps, a decade-old concept in which the software development and operations teams work together on…
5 Crucial Steps for Launching a Business This Year
Establishing your own business can be one of the most exciting parts of your career. Starting your own business offers many opportunities and allows an entrepreneur to choose his or…
Here’s the Crazy Thing Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Do That Every CEO Should
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been known to undertake some interesting New Year’s resolutions. They’ve included only eating meat that he’s killed, learning Mandarin, and building a simple AI system…
How the Best CEOs Incorporate Speed Into Their Business (and How You Are Doing It Wrong)
What tool will you use to create a market, fight off competition, and develop a sustainable high-growth company? Many experts point to your ability to operate faster than everyone else…
Here Are the Hottest SEO Trends You Can Expect to See in 2017
It’s important to find out which emerging trends are likely to give you success in 2017. Then, you can use those strategies to rank, bank, and beat your competitors. Here’s…
Moore’s Law Will Soon End, but Progress Doesn’t Have to
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore published a remarkably prescient paper which observed that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit was doubling every two years and predicted that this…
What It Takes to Stay Ahead of the Competition
Bottom Line: For companies, sustaining a consistently high level of performance requires unique capabilities that may differ sharply from the strategies they used to succeed in the first place. Leading…
The Battle Over Analytics: Who Should Lead The Charge?
The IT organization has to carve out its role in a company’s analytics strategy. What works? Either of two approaches. Analyst: It’s a common title in enterprises today, spanning functional…
Achieving Your New Year’s Innovation Resolutions
The annual cycle of introspection and planning is upon us. But only 8% of us will actually achieve our New Year resolutions and the organizations we work for will…
50 Quotes to Spark a Culture of Innovation in 2017
An inspiring quote is a great tool for changing a mindset. I made a personal collection of 50 outstanding quotes on change and innovation. Use them to inspire others…
The End of Conventional Industry Sectors
These days, few people expect to work for a single company throughout their career. But what about the expectation that companies will remain in one industry forever? Is that, too,…
6 Mistakes People Make When They Go From Idea to Reality
six things you must actively not do when turning your ideas into reality. 1. Not Be Passionate With Your Pursuit The pursuit of excellence requires you to unleash your passion. When you…
Three Trends That Are Modernizing Enterprise Software
Ten years ago, you could drop a call while driving through certain parts of town in places that were called Dead Zones. Of course in rural areas cell reception can…
Zero Budget – A Boon to Innovation
Entrepreneurs come alive when all odds are stacked against them. Think of the famous stories. Walt Disney and Frank Lloyd Wright going bankrupt several times until their visions pay…
What Types of Innovation Projects Should Be Included In Your Portfolio?
Defining portfolio inclusion criteria is an essential part of portfolio management. let’s examine four basic categories of innovation that are useful when segregating a portfolio: Incremental innovation: This…
IT Products Go from Big Noise to Big Business
There’s been a positive change in the enterprise computing business of late; more product announcements truly are focused on how technology can help a company do business. I wish I…
5 Strategic Issues for 2017
There’s no question that the pace of technological change is accelerating and the level of digital disruption is growing. CIOs and other business and IT leaders should focus on five…
Jumpstart Your Innovation Results Transformation with Portfolio Management
Do you have a clear innovation strategy that directly links your innovation investment decisions to expected results? If not, while you can take comfort in knowing that you’re not alone,…
Five Tips for Successful Adoption of a PPM System
Change can be difficult. Organizations, like people, are creatures of habit. We tend to stick to paths, plans, and processes that are familiar to us. Portfolio Pipeline Management (PPM) involves…
Will Cloud Service Prices Go Up in 2017?
Competition and price cutting might be good for cloud customers, but the glory days of low prices might not make it into 2017. For several years, competition in the cloud…