Industry Week recently reported that two-thirds of the top 2000 Global CEOs will have digital transformation at the core of their corporate strategy by the end of 2017. More ominous, Gartner predicted at this year’s annual Data Center Infrastructure and Operations Conference, that enterprises risk falling behind their competition, unless they implement digital transformation projects…
Best known for his contribution to the science of evolution in the 1800s, Charles Darwin declared: “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” As we get ready to greet 2018, we’re surrounded by a world that is witnessing huge technological and social changes…
Last year, my predictions for digital transformation were focused on the core DNA that organizations needed to put into place to achieve world-leading performance and results in digital transformation. In addition to perennial themes such as leadership, people and cultural competencies, these new strategic themes for digital transformation included disruptive technologies, platform business models, digital…
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it,” said Ferris Bueller during his famous “Day Off.” The sentiment applies to IT these days. You’re busy day-to-day keeping the lights on, integrating legacy and new technologies, and trying to support your business colleagues as they…
Effective data analytics can be a competitive differentiator today, giving companies keen insights into customer preferences, product development and usage trends, and market gyrations that others don’t see. To get the most out of their analytics efforts, businesses need to assemble a highly talented team to make sense of all the data that’s coming in…