How to Close the Gap Between Tech Goals and Reality
A remarkable irony of business and IT is that just about everyone knows what’s important, but few leaders can fully execute on a plan. Even with magazine articles, consultant input,…
LinkedIn Invests Big in New Search Engine Tech
One of the primary challenges that organizations face in terms of engaging customers on the Web is that most of the features and capabilities of the Websites they build never…
Cash Refresh: The Ecosystem of Mobile Payments
A byproduct of digital business is that transactions require more advanced and streamlined payment options. PayPal was one of the first to recognize this. Square took the concept to an…
Retail tech meets conductive ink, printing an inventory-aware shelf
Conductive ink: Helping sense suspicious behavior Smart shelves can also alert staff or other IoT elements to irregular customer behavior. If five of the same item leave the shelf at…
‘Promiscuous’ users redefine bounds of good mobile security
Dionisio Zumerle uses an arresting word to describe one of the trends that’s reshaping how organizations will have to secure the mobile devices their employees use: promiscuity. The Gartner analyst’s…
Why Tech Disruption Knows No Global Borders
The U.S. may be the undisputed heavyweight of tech. But don’t underestimate the rest of the world. In recent years, a growing array of countries—including the UK, Ireland, Japan, India,…
Pokemon Go craze: A harbinger of the augmented enterprise?
What about privacy? The new technology is not without its dark side. “The Pokemon Go craze is a tale of two cities; it shines a light on how cool augmented…
What business benefits does SAP S/4HANA Finance offer CFOs?
CFOs face enormous pressure from business and financial regulatory authorities to ensure timely and accurate financial… Continue Reading This Article Enjoy this article as well as all of our content,…
The best mobile security plans examine risks first, then prescribe
Best mobile security assesses risk likelihood/impact For mobile devices, what are the risks? Are we storing confidential or critical data on the devices? If so, what data? If someone could…
How does SAP Lumira support four critical supply chain KPIs?
In today’s globalized, complex and volatile supply chain, the need for supply chain visibility that enables decisive… Continue Reading This Article Enjoy this article as well as all of our…
How can CIOs make a business case for a new ERP system?
It’s no secret that CIOs face an uphill battle to secure buy-in of a proposed new ERP system. Continue Reading This Article Enjoy this article as well as all of…
Google snaps up startup in push to master computer vision
Recreating the visual world What’s in it for companies other than the titans of big data? Analysts point out that the use cases for machine learning-based image recognition go well…
Blockchain market outlook: Hype vs. reality
Blockchain technology — essentially a distributed ledger that uses cryptography to create what are considered immutable records — has been heralded as having the potential to eliminate friction and cut…
How can CIOs best transition from SAP APO to SAP IBP?
CIOs can get ready to welcome a new planning tool in the form of SAP Integrated Business Planning. Continue Reading This Article Enjoy this article as well as all of…
Brexit strategy: CIO Planning for UK-EU split
People problems Koetzle, who co-wrote a brief on the challenges CIOs at companies with U.K. ties may face while legislators negotiate the split, said another issue is European workers in…
An ERP experience that forever changed my IT philosophy
Agile ERP experience prompts new vow But, how best to pretty much start over with an ERP while proving that a zero-customizations ERP will actually support the business? That is…
The pivotal role of CIOs in digital readiness: Three principles
Build an adaptive IT-business engagement model Transforming the collaboration model between IT and the rest of the business is critical to any digital transformation and requires direct CIO intervention. Traditional…
Look for cognitive systems in IT services marketplace
More than an algorithm A cognitive system is not just a machine-learning algorithm, though training it to see patterns in data and understand it in context is a big part…
How can retailers improve logistics and supply chain processes?
Predicting consumers’ tastes and behavior is tricky business, and retailers that make and sell consumer goods such… Continue Reading This Article Enjoy this article as well as all of our…
Blockchain use cases and how to get going
Blockchain, the peer-to-peer distributed ledger that is used to validate transactions, thus creating an immutable record, is getting a lot of buzz of late from observers of the technology, particularly…