Online Marketing Is Dead. Long Live Online Marketing!
We marketers have all heard the jokes about how half our marketing is working—but we never know which half… That’s a message I really like, actually. We need to…
The Dysfunctional Innovation Ecosystem
The Innovation Ecosystem could be defined as a dynamical system. Dynamical systems are a theory first mentioned by Jay Forrester in the 50s and applied to a wide…
Digital Business Apps Must Reach Edge Of Network To Succeed
A recently released Gartner report, based on Equinix network hub use, finds that an “interconnect” service is one of the keys to an enterprise’s digital future. (Click image for larger…
IoT, Big Data Analytics Driving M&A Market
An Ernst and Young report indicates it’s full steam ahead in the mergers acquisitions space in 2016 as companies look to leverage tech to speed their digital transformation. The main…
For Security Pros, Time to Head Back to School
While many industries and fields require continued, mandated education, the discipline of cyber-security isn’t one of them. For security professionals, it doesn’t take long for a skills gap to widen.…
How Social Media Puts Businesses at Risk
Social media is a new frontier for many businesses. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram offer informal ways to interact with clients, employees, business partners and other important audiences. …
Silicon Forest Provides Fertile Ground For Startups
Oregon’s startups are increasingly garnering attention from venture capitalists and support from government agencies. Here’s a look at a few. (Image: AndreyGatash/iStockphoto) When it comes to the tech landscape in…
TransUnion’s Tech Overhaul Reaps Cultural Rewards
In the process of transforming its brand and its technology infrastructure, TransUnion has found itself attracting top-notch IT talent normally repelled by the idea of working for a stuffy financial…
Gartner: Public Sector CIOs Need Digital Transformation Vision
A report from IT research firm Gartner says public sector CIOs need to promote a compelling vision for digital transformation and make change inclusive. If successful, the results could transform…
How Reddit Can Make Artificial Intelligence Smarter
Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and Bill Gates launched nonprofit company OpenAI with a $1 billion investment and the intention of advancing artificial intelligence and using it for good. Now, the…
The Age When Entrepreneurs Made Their First Billion
Is the new generation of successful entrepreneurs exceeding the billion-dollar mark sooner? Mark Zuckerberg is widely reported to have locked in his first million by age 22. In…
10 Ways to Go From Adequate to Exceptional in the Office
There are professionals who seem to be natural leaders, who stand out from the crowd at every level of their careers. Whether as an intern or a CEO, they seem…
How to Keep Pushing When You’re Way Ahead of the Competition
Even before the games began in Rio this year, Michael Phelps was the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 22 Olympic medals, 18 of which were gold (more than…
Ayn Rand’s Advice for Conquering Writer’s Block
More than a hundred years ago, a nine-year-old girl in Russia named Alissa Rosenbaum decided she wanted to become a writer. After defecting to the US from the Soviet Union…
Innovation and Bridging the Generational Divide
How to Fine-Tune Working Relationships between Boomers and Millennials to Create Harmonious Innovation Teams The innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival lays out…
Traditional vs Agile Project Management for Innovators
Which is the superior approach to project management, Waterfall or Agile? After talking with an expert on project management, I learned that’s not the right question. Instead, we should…
What It Means To Be A Data Scientist
“Data scientist” is often used as a blanket title to describe jobs that are drastically different. Here are four types of data science jobs: A Data Scientist is a Data…
Malicious Insiders Are a Very Real Threat
Just when you thought cyber-security news couldn’t get any worse, it does. Although organizations are now spending somewhere around $20 billion a year on tools and technologies to combat online crooks and…
Mobile app development skills: How to meet enterprise demand
Hybrid strategy to meet demand, acquire skills The high demand for mobile app development skills is driving up the cost of talent. In the Robert Half Technology 2016 Salary Guide,…
IT Asset Protection: How One Colocation Provider Does It
After providing computing infrastructure and the power to run it, data centers have to prioritize security. Without security, a data center is a data breach, and that’s not an…