Businesses have fallen in love with the aphorism, “Every company is becoming a technology company,” owing to the importance of digital capabilities. Some companies are taking that idea a step further by hiring CIOs as presidents, COOs and CEOs. Tapping IT leaders as head honchos does not yet qualify as a trend, but more companies may…
Agile development and delivery methodologies can help organizations improve product quality, accelerate time-to-market and increase customer satisfaction. In fact, making the switch to agile can provide a significant competitive advantage in the digital age. But to make the switch, you’ll need the right skills and personnel. A successful agile team can be broken down loosely…
Startups and enterprises think differently — and for good reason. A business with 10 employees can move much more quickly than one with 10,000. Enterprises often support vast troves of legacy systems and have an existing client base to serve. And though they typically have more money at their disposal, they get a bad rap…
It has become cliché to say the world is getting more complex with every passing day. Increased access to vast amounts of information, social media, and ubiquitous computing make it seem as if the complexity of our world is increasing faster than we can comprehend it. But technology is not driving complexity, it is only…
The divide between haves and have nots in experimenting and achieving results with machine learning is growing wider. At least that’s my perception after spending two days at the O’Reilly AI Conference in New York last week and diving into the latest survey results from their AI Adoption in the Enterprise. The haves are clearly…
The divide between haves and have nots in experimenting and achieving results with machine learning is growing wider. At least that’s my perception after spending two days at the O’Reilly AI Conference in New York last week and diving into the latest survey results from their AI Adoption in the Enterprise. The haves are clearly…
The systems of record employed to run the enterprise — ERP, CRM, HR, manufacturing, etc. — may not be the most thrilling software, but their successful implementation plays an outsized role in ensuring a smooth-running business. Oracle and SAP loom large as the broadest, deepest vendors in the space. But Charles Phillips, CEO of New…
Every software project begins with fanfare and gleeful optimism. Even the smallest side hustle hacked together late at night is born of starry-eyed dreams. The team is convinced that with just a few lines of code and some open source libraries we’ll be done and accepting bonuses for our elegant, faultless work. But then a…
As I pointed out in my last post, digital transformation is currently the hottest topic with CIOs and business leaders. A reasonable question to ask is whether digital transformation alone will propel a company into market leadership. To better understand digital trends and how they impact revenue, Model N recently commissioned ReRez Research to field…
Imagine yourself as the newest hire in IT, and on day one, you have no computer, no login or an incorrectly spelled email address. It happens. And when new employees don’t have a sense of their place in the business — or just don’t have a desk — it dramatically reduces their long-term chance of…