This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Small businesses struggle to compete with hiring incentives like the attractive salaries, benefits, and perks large businesses can offer. But mobility puts every mom and pop operation on the same level as Fortune 500 players—and in some ways gives them a leg up. With a global talent …
2016: The State of Shadow IT
This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Shadow IT, which refers to tech-related activities that happen outside the scope of traditional IT, is nothing new. And if you don’t think it’s happening in your organization, you’re wrong. An article in techcrunch.com revealed that when 200 global CIOs were surveyed recently, 83 percent of them …
Mastering Customer Experience Starts with Customer Journey Mapping
Marketing in the modern world means making a personalized connection with your consumer base. The old way of blindly advertising and marketing based on vague data about generalized demographics doesn’t accomplish that goal. With better analytics and information than ever before driving business strategy, companies can now create accurate customer journey maps that help them direct and retarget marketing activities …
The CIO Challenge: People, Not Devices, Are Driving the Future of Mobility
Mobility is an enormous trend in the modern workforce. It seems everyone who works is now connected via a mobile device. With phones, pads, phablets, tablets, and ultra-lightweight laptops, there’s no shortage of mobile devices being juggled about the workplace. However, simply using these gadgets hardly means an organization is embracing the power of mobility. Many businesses believe the misconception …
Help for CIOs Who Struggle With Cloud Computing
CIOs pride themselves on solving some of today’s most difficult technology issues, and cloud computing is definitely at the top of that list. The cloud presents a unique challenge because public and hybrid cloud solutions often utilize customized variables for their specific needs. Today’s CIO must focus on empowering employees, vendors, and customers with the necessary tools for a positive …
Digital Transformation is a Journey, Not a Destination
Some companies think they can update their websites and in-house applications, buy a few new devices, and then call it a day—but that’s not the way digital transformation works. Instead, think about digital transformation as a moving target that is constantly evolving, and needs steady evaluation and updating to remain viable as a strategy. Recognizing digital transformation as an evolutionary …
The Relationships Between Collaboration and Mobility
This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. There’s no question that businesses are getting more done in this new connected age. With increasing access to information and people, teams can consist of talent sourced from all over the world. But bringing together capable individuals doesn’t guarantee success. For collaboration to work, the right tools …
Cloud Is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage for Small Business
Cloud technology levels the playing field between small business and larger competitors. For the first time in my history, and probably the history of the business world, geography and a lack of resources aren’t confining small and medium sized businesses to a certain space, and bigger operations can’t implement change at a rate fast enough to remain viable amongst smaller, …
Dear CIO, Are Employees Entitled to Any Sort of Privacy in the Age of Mobility?
In just the past few years the role of the CIO has changed so much. With technology moving faster than ever before, such rate of change is creating a whole new set of challenges for the head of technology and perhaps nothing has had a bigger impact on CIOs than the growth of mobility; especially the management of these devices …
How Will VR Make Its Way Into Business?
This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Virtual Reality (VR) has been around at the consumer level since the early 90s. The technology lets users explore full-scale, three-dimensional environments while controlling elements by clicking a button. It first emerged as part of the gaming industry, but with recent developments making VR more functional and …