Consider this: 90 percent of the world’s data was created in the past two years. As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to evolve—bringing billions more devices and data into the digital sphere—we face a huge potential problem in data storage. Now, that problem is being solved by the cloud. Chances are, your company is already using multiple levels of …
Clear Direction: Does Your CIO Know Where You’re Going?
As the tug-of-war for leadership in the digital transformation continues, my belief is this: whosoever creates the vision, will become the leader. I’ve talked a lot in the past about the leadership role bouncing among various new players in the digital game. Suddenly the CEO and CFO aren’t the only ones holding the reins. They’re walking a tenuous leadership path …
UX Strategy: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
In the past decade, we’ve seen the creation of many new verbs—tweet, uber, and “swipe left”—added to the global lexicon. The reason: companies like Twitter, Uber, and Tinder have created a UX powerful enough to disrupt our standard way of living. How can all companies experience that kind of success? Hint: it isn’t just about good design. It’s about creating …
Six Steps to Make a Massive Five Year Turnaround — Lessons from Sprint
Sprint had been on the brink of death. From 2009 to 2015, the company went from a solid third place among mobile phone providers to dead last. It was then the company decided on a comeback. Their six-step plan, reminiscent of other successful digital transformation strategies, has already shown signs of progress and growth. While at Pegaworld this year, I …
Deep Reinforcement Learning: Making the Robots Smarter
If you’ve ever taught a dog to sit or shake, you’re familiar with the concept of reinforcement learning. Positive reinforcement is when an animal—or a child, if you’re lucky—learns a desired behavior based on the rewards it receives for the steps it takes to reach the desired outcome. For example, you give your dog a treat for sitting at the …
Adobe Helps Users Make All Things Digital with Adobe Scan
One of the biggest problems for companies in digital transformation is the issue of moving their hard copies to digital. In fact, most companies find themselves wrestling with a mix of new technology that makes digital a part of everyday life—and legacy systems or workflows that still rely upon paper signatures, files, and processes. As the mobile-only movement forges ahead, …
Improving Cities One IoT Device at a Time
OK—maybe one device at a time is a bit misleading. It’s been suggested that 16 billion devices will be interconnected by the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2021. Cities are expected to spend more than $40 trillion on IoT technology in the next two decades, and companies like Cisco, IBM, Intel, GE, and Siemens all have their hands in the …
Key Takeaways from Cisco’s Cybersecurity Annual Report
In January, Cisco published its 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report, which gave a rundown of the challenges that face Chief Security Officers (CSOs) in today’s digital work environment. As part of the report, some 3,000 CSOs and security operations leaders from around the world shared their insights on what is plaguing their company. Headaches ranged from new emerging threats to chronic …
Conversational Systems are the Future of Business
I don’t know about you, but I’ve developed a love-hate relationship with voice-texting. On one hand, it’s so much easier than typing out my messages, especially when I’m on screen overload. On the other hand—my phone seems to be about 70 percent accurate in recognizing my words, which means that I end up going back in to edit my texts …
SMACtalk 76: Robotics and Automation with Don Schuerman, CTO at Pegasystems
In this week’s episode of SMACtalk, hosts Brian Fanzo and Daniel Newman had the opportunity to speak with Pegasystems CTO, Don Schuerman, part of Pega Systems leadership team. During this show we explored Robotics and Automation in the workplace. Perhaps one of the most discussed topics in business today is the role that automation will have on jobs. There is an increasing concern that automation and robots …