Solid-state drive (SSD) development has proceeded at a relatively slow pace for the last few years as the high price points for these drives have kept consumers from adopting them. Enterprises that can afford the higher cost have been using SSDs extensively. However, the technology may have advanced to the point where prices will drop enough for individual consumers to …
Content-as-a-Service (CaaS) is Disrupting the Industry Thanks to IoT Growth. Here’s How to Capitalize.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is booming, and it’s already impacting everything from the public sector to employee engagement. The influx of connected devices is expected to be worth between $3.9 and $11.1 billion annually through 2025. There’s one market in particular being disrupted by the IoT explosion today: Content. Marketers have access to more channels and content than ever …
Skills to Pay the Bills: Cloud Computing and What IT Pros Need to Succeed
Do you have your head in the clouds? These days, most of us do. Cloud computing has seen a boom in the last couple of years, not only making LinkedIn’s annual Global Hottest Skills for the first time ever in 2015, but topping the charts as the single “hottest skill” worldwide. “Cloud and Distributed Computing” surpassed “Statistical Analysis and Data …
SMACtalk Podcast: Adobe Podcast #2 With Matt Charney and Mason Stubblefield
Once upon a time, it felt like the only time an employee dealt with HR was when they were hired, when they left the company and perhaps when they had a question about their insurance or another benefit. All in all, the HR department has over the years earned a reputation as a bit of a stranger to the everyday …
The Samsung Brand is Engulfed in Flames—Is Your Brand Next
It’s not uncommon to see brands in the headlines. Sometimes it’s for their successes—like when LinkedIn came around and allowed influencers to post short videos or when Facebook Messenger took a dive into chatbots. Sometimes it’s for making major organizational shifts—like when Oracle purchased NetSuite, giving a $9.3 billion nod to cloud and stepping out of its enterprise-only approach. Sometimes, though, it’s for all the wrong reasons—like when the …
When Small Storage Gets Big
This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Data storage is a vital concern for many companies. Part of real digital transformation is collecting, organizing, and using high volumes of user and customer data. When we think of enterprise storage, we might naturally assume storing massive amounts of data requires a great deal of floor …
Tackling Collaborative Overload in Your Organization
Collaborative activities drive business outcomes because they open channels of communication and invite innovation. Today’s millennial workers, especially, are accustomed to working in close-knit teams, bouncing ideas off each other, and earning instant feedback from colleagues. While strong communication remains a cornerstone of the modern business model, too much of anything can become a problem. When collaborative overload taxes your …
STOP: Read This Before You Hire an SaaS Vendor
It’s no secret that software as a service (SaaS) solutions have become mainstream for enterprise organizations. In fact, a recent survey of CIOs found a whopping 56 percent of enterprise application deployments over the next five years are expected to be SaaS-based. All that growth makes good sense, right? Optimizing SaaS solutions can boost efficiency and ultimately profitability for businesses, …
Why Your Big Data Needs to Be Agile
When we talk about the digital transformation, we often refer to the importance of agile businesses. Enterprises willing to adapt to new technology are better poised to come out on top –but companies aren’t the only things benefiting from agility that allows them to pivot in real time. Big data, as we know it, is just getting started. The mainstream …
mHealth Apps Publishing: Strong on Ideas, Weak on the Bottom Line?
I am not sure that I’ve seen as much hype around an industry silo than that surrounding health and the mHealth app movement. So, it is not surprising that research2guidance’s mHealth App Developer Economics 2016 report highlights what many developers and publishers might be ignoring: the imbalance between supply and demand. The story here is that 259,000 mHealth apps are …