10 cloud mistakes that can sink your business

“The sun always shines above the clouds,” optimists enjoy telling us. What they fail to mention is that beneath the clouds there’s often high winds, torrential downpours, lightning and the occasional golf-ball-size hail bombardment. The same is true with cloud computing. On the sunny side, the cloud offers a variety of benefits, including the promise…

IDG Contributor Network: Digital initiatives should exploit innovation opportunities available in encapsulated processes

Until the early 2000s, I observed dozens of IT projects simply substituting tech for physical or manual processes. I decided to bring process innovation skills into my group at my previous employer Cognizant. We found that process innovation opportunities abound, and we started exploiting the opportunities. That was then. What about now? As I showed…

7 sure-fire ways to fail at data analytics

Data analytics has emerged as one of the most important business and technology differentiators for organizations, giving them the power to draw keen insights about virtually any aspect of their operations and thereby gain an edge on the competition. Research firm Gartner earlier this year predicted that 2017 would be the year data and analytics…