May 17, 2013 by Sybil Fitzpatrick
So, let me share with you a little about my house. I live in California and bought near the top of the real estate market. I have a small, charming 1950s colonial in a nice neighborhood. But like many older homes, I got other things that I didn’t want, such as a pink kitchen. I’m not joking. The sink, floor, walls and the countertops were pink. Not my idea of House Beautiful. The floors were pink striped linoleum. The walls had square...
May 16, 2013 by Maribel Lopez
Last month, I heard two executives from leading companies talk about the new industrial revolution. Bill Ruh, vice president and corporate technology officer of General Electric, spoke about changes in the industrial business at Cloud Connect in Santa Clara. A few days later, I had the opportunity to interview Jim Hepplemann, the CEO of PTC, about changes in manufacturing industry....
May 15, 2013 by Asmara Hadi
The rapid introduction of smartphones and tablet devices has challenged organizations to stretch their IT capacities. While IT departments continue to concentrate on traditional core requirements, they must extend their capabilities to manage a proliferation of mobile platforms and devices. Since the concept...
May 14, 2013 by Geeta Nayyar
I recently spoke at TEDMED13, the healthcare and medical focused conference of the broader TED organization. Now, I’ve been fortunate to meet some amazing people, but I have to admit that I was a little star struck. The thrill of shaking hands with Aneesh Chopra, the chief technology officer for the United...
May 13, 2013 by Hsuan-hua Chang
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a technology supported by a large ecosystem. The key players consist of telecom operators, manufacturers (readers, tags, smart cards, semiconductors, and consumer electronics), mobile device OEM, system integrators, banking/ financial institutions, merchant consumers,...
May 9, 2013 by Sander Biehn
The dizzying pace of today's business world holds the promise of propelling ideas into concrete reality in shorter cycles than ever. Real-time communications is the mother of lightning fast innovation, and innovation is heavily prized by geographically dispersed enterprise businesses. Allow me to illustrate....
May 8, 2013 by Phil Clarke
As I discuss mobility with IT executives, the conversation invariably turns to the role of the tablet and when and where their peers are finding success with implementation. Hot on the heels of any such discussion, technology professionals want to...
Hybrid clouds enable the flow of information between private and public cloud networks. Private clouds talk to public clouds, and vice versa, and the hybrid cloud is born. On the heels of the OpenStack Summit in Portland, Oregon, and recent announcements from Microsoft, now is a good time to address the “state-of-the-state” of enterprise hybrid clouds. Due in large part to burgeoning industry alliances...
You’ve heard it a million times. A happy customer tells a few people, but an unhappy customer tells…everyone. In the age of social media, those numbers, especially for those expressing discontent, are only escalating. In 2012, American Express released a study claiming that 46 percent of U.S. Internet users hit branded social media pages to express frustration about poor experiences....
As your business races to execute on its cloud strategy and drive adoption, you may think its time to unbuckle the seatbelt as you reach cruising altitude. Not so fast. Turbulence may be just ahead if you’re not incorporating a strategy that includes transformative innovation as an integral part of your ascension...
Mobile applications have captured the imagination of, well, everyone. They engage your customers, empower your employees and in theory, should make your business run more efficiently. Unfortunately, development teams are often puzzled on how to keep up with the demands of their business, spending...
