Most modern companies evolving within today’s digital landscape are finding a link between the strategic use of hardware and effective software deployments. As a single piece of hardware becomes more powerful and manageable, companies and CIOs can streamline and secure their digital transformation by maximizing their hardware and leveraging their software to power business. Tomorrow’s CIO will focus on leading …
HR: It’s Time to “Level Up” with Gamification
Gamification – using game-play elements in a nongame activity – is trending across a range of industries. For a while, HR professionals were excited about its potential to improve employee engagement and training, but adoption rates have been slow. Isn’t it time for HR to “level up” with gamification? Consider this. In January 2016, U.S. employment engagement rates remained sluggish …
How Software and the Cloud Will Change Business Technology
Business today is all about digital transformation. And if your’s isn’t, it should be. Now, that said, if your’s isn’t you’re also not alone. As HBR.com reports in a recent article, there’s a new digital divide opening up in America. While nearly every “individual, company and sector of the economy now has access to digital technologies — there are hardly …
Driving Digital Transformation: A Q&A with Jonathan Becher, CDO of SAP
If there’s one thing that’s true about the tech marketplace, it’s that you can never stop learning or asking questions to better your understanding or deepen your knowledge. Yes, these gadgets and platforms change the way we live and do business, and they’re unendingly interesting to examine and explore—ultimately, though, the heart of this industry comes back to communication. That’s …
More Than Marketing – The Many Surprising Applications of Digital Signage
This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Many people think of digital signage as a two trick pony, used only for wayfinding and marketing. That’s a little like saying a bird can fly only to the top of its cage: That might be true, but the minute you open that birdcage door…well, we know …
It’s Not About Fewer Features, It’s About Simplicity?
There’s a bit of buzz in the tech space lately about fewer features on smartphones—or, at the very least, a trend toward simpler devices. A growing number of people are gravitating to flip phones or other basic cellular devices in efforts to unplug from the constant deluge of notifications and distractions. This trend has become a thought movement of sorts—a …
How IoT Will Improve Employee Engagement
This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. When devices get to know us better, technology can instantly have an impact, creating better experiences. For instance, many of us have encountered targeted marketing. When we’re searching for something online, generally speaking, it’s probably an item we need or want. If we’re then given ads for …
A CIO’s Guide to Mobility Governance
We live and work in a mobile world, there’s no question about that. As a result, the way we conduct business, is changing. All those devices that form the backbone of enterprise mobility—many of them falling under the potentially treacherous, still slightly “wild wild west’esque” BYOD category—can be great for productivity and employee satisfaction. They can be not so great, …
Merging Technology – Infrastructure, Data Centers, and Networks During and After M&A (Merger and Acquisition)
Lack of foresight when it comes to merging IT systems is one of the biggest roadblocks to a successful merger and acquisition (M&A). Regardless of the driving force of the union—a synergistic growth strategy, an unanticipated opportunity, or a lucrative buy-out—M&As can be tactical tools for growth. In the not too distant past, M&As weren’t so technically complex; maybe each …
How Mobile Device Management Is a CIO’s Best Friend
This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. In the age of Shadow IT, we don’t know what’s happening on employee devices—whether they’re personally owned or company issued. Are your employees brainstorming via the latest enterprise-approved social collaboration app, or scrolling through Instagram adding photos of internal office spaces (and possibly internal office proprietary documentation)? Is …