Hosts Brian Fanzo & Daniel Newman discuss a wide range of topics ranging around the future of work, cloud computing and technologies impact on today’s digital business. The month of September is being dedicated to “Customer Experience & the Customer Journey” (See today’s questions below). Follow hashtag #CloudTalk on twitter to join the conversation! #Cloudtalk Tweets This event is sponsored …
Four Steps to Protecting Your Utility Management System from Hackers
Every day it seems as though there’s another hacking story in the news, the most recent of which is yet another hacking by the Chinese of the federal government’s databases, this time gaining access to personal information on some four million current and former federal employees. Troubling, to be sure. More troubling if you happen to be an IT pro …
#SMACTalk Episode # 36 – The Value of Live Streaming for B2B
We’re proudly sponsored by SAP. For the third Friday in a row I joined Brian on Blab to talk some SMAC for the podcast and the community. I don’t do a lot of live streaming individually but I’ve been taking part in a lot of collaborative sessions on blab lately and was happy to fill a square again. I’ve seen …
Why Everyone Is Thirsty for Your Data
As technology grows by leaps and bounds, we have to ask ourselves, “Are we headed into a future where security and privacy will be lost forever?” Why? Well, very recently, analysts put out a warning to consumers to be careful what they talk about in front of the new Samsung Smart TV. Apparently, this device can “listen” to your conversations …
The Booming Digital Signage Industry
This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. In this fast-paced tech world, there are so many different images competing for customer’s attention that it’s often hard to know what might work best for you and your business. One thing to put at the top of your list, however, is digital signage, which is rapidly …
#SMACTalk Episode # 35 – Digital Now or Out of Sight
We’re proudly sponsored by SAP. Highly caffeinated on a Friday afternoon, Brian and I convened on Blab to catch up and discuss digital culture and transformation. In the spirit of embracing change we have completely migrated both SMACTalk and our #CloudTalk chat from Google Hangouts on Air over to Blab because of its ease of use and versatility. SMACTalk is …
How to Measure the Fundamentals of Cloud Maturity
Cloud technology is no longer the future for business—it’s the here and now, and, as you no doubt know, it’s already weaving its way deep into business culture, playing a vital role for many organizations, both large and small. Whether by way of vendor managed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or, as we are increasingly seeing with the addition of hardware, processing, data …
Exploring The Future of Real Time Collaboration
With the proliferation of cloud, mobile, and social, we are more capable than ever to connect and communicate in real time. However, with so much stimuli coming from so many different applications, connecting in real time isn’t always easy. As the demands for virtual collaboration increase in future, we need to continue to invest in ideas that allow companies and …
Managing the Data Security Risks of Patient Portals
The rapid advances of technology are affecting all areas of our lives, and in the process is throwing up new, and often unexpected challenges to our privacy, especially the security of our personal information. This is notable in the intimate realm of our health, as well as our relationships with our medical practitioners and providers. As the use of electronic …
Keeping Data Safe in the Cloud is Every IT Team’s Goal
Here’s something that I hear all the time and I’m sure you do as well: “The future of business is cloud technology.” A decade ago, the pundits and prognosticators who uttered these words may have had been considered visionaries, but today, cloud is not only the future, it’s very much the present. As those of us in the tech space …