College Automates IT Management
Managing IT systems and help desks is an increasingly challenging proposition. The complexity of systems—and ensuring that everything works correctly on a 24×7 basis—is overwhelming. What’s more, there’s a need…
10 New Make-or-Break Priorities for the CIO
As the move toward digital innovation continues, CIOs are increasingly challenged from all angles and with new responsibilities and new technologies. Most CIOs are staking their careers on…
Is Amazon’s Growth Running A Little Out Of Control?
AWS operations explains that it was tougher to restart its S3 index system this time than the last time they tried to restart it. The Feb. 28 outage of Amazon’s…
8 Reasons Giving Your Employees a Raise Will Hurt Your Business
Employees expect the occasional pay raise. It’s a way to recognize and reward them for all of their hard work and can reduce employee turnover. At the same time, giving…
5 Areas to Automate to Drastically Increase Your Business Productivity
Every business faces fierce competition in terms of sales, efficiency and effectiveness. That’s why Automation is necessary for your business to survive. The reason: There is so much to do in…
Legacy Modernization: Look to the Cloud and Open Systems
If you are thinking about moving applications off a mainframe and over to open systems and the cloud, consider these guidelines to prioritize what to move and what to…
Here’s One Thing Every Business Can Learn From The Technology Industry
The idea of a communal society has always been suspect. From the nihilism of the nineteenth century Fourierists to the wide-eyed optimism of the hippie communes of the 1960s, they…
Workplace Revolution: Key Trends Changing How Work Is Getting Done in 2017
Whether the goal is to create transparency, improve accuracy or simply obtain data to make faster decisions, organizations today are rethinking the way work gets done. Now that we’re well into the…
This 5-Step Method Will Tell You If Your Product Solves A Real Human Need
Design has quickly evolved from an aesthetic choice to becoming a revolutionary way to differentiate companies. Design thinking is now a proven approach to solving problems and producing innovations with…
How Business Owners Can Maintain Profitability With Rising Labor Costs
At the start of 2017, the minimum wage increased in 19 states across the country, and two more states plus the District of Columbia are scheduled to see wage hikes…
Take Advantage of Marketplace Cultural Changes to Grow Your Business
The following excerpt is from Glenn Llopis’s book The Innovation Mentality. Recognizing the distinction between your different target audiences and what makes them special is what you need to understand to…
B2B processes get smarter in the cloud
AI wars In the B2B processes arena, last year was very much the “year of the smart cloud.” From Microsoft Azure Cortana Intelligence Suite to Salesforce Einstein to IBM’s Watson…
Innovation Metrics in Outcome-Based Culture
One of the key objectives of the corporate innovation function is to build and manage the innovation funnel of ideas that will eventually become Horizon 2 Horizon 3 products.…
Modern information asset management present new rules for CIOs, others
Data asset management: Who is stepping up? Lawyers and law departments have fought to gain control of information asset management, at least for records management and the newly branded of…
Measuring DevOps: The Key Metrics That Matter
Determining DevOps’ ultimate value to an organization is essential for receiving maximum benefits. Metrics bring a new level of clarity and insight to enterprise DevOps programs, says Anders Wallgren, chief…
Supplier of Data Services Improves Website and App
One of the ongoing challenges of business is staying current with customer demands. Among other things, there’s a need to update and modernize websites and apps. For CattleFax, a Centennial,…
5 Tips for Managing the Digital Workforce of Your Startup
Just when you think you’ve got a grip on today’s tech evolution, you look up to find the modern-day workforce — including the most effective ways of leading it —…
3 Reasons Tech Startups Fall Into a Death Spiral
In a tech startup you can reach a point where your efforts bring diminishing returns. For all the hard work you put in, your customers just won’t bite. That leads…
5 Industries Getting the Most ROI From Digital Marketing
In our computer-driven and mobile world, digital marketing is how relationships get built. Gone are the days of old-fashioned marketing plans consisting solely of in-person events and traditional media. Instead,…
It’s Time To Ditch These Tired Digital Marketing Tactics
You may think you have your digital marketing strategy down to a science. Each company has its own unique thumbprint, but we would all do well to adjust our strategies…