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 …
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 …
Is BYOD Compliance an Opportunity for MSPs?
Love it or hate it, if you’re the boss you’re pretty much stuck with the reality of the bring your own device (BYOD) workplace. You can pretend it isn’t an issue—or ban personal devices and believe that employees will follow along—but trust me, mobile is such a force that keeping your network and data away from staffers’ personal devices is …
CMOs are embracing big data, which is good (mostly)
For a long time, CMOs and their teams have driven their strategies around gut feelings, creating campaigns with objectives that were often unmeasurable beyond studies and field research largely done after the fact, along with sales data. Then big data entered the picture and turned everything on its head. Now, we’re seeing more and more CMOs adopting the use of big data …
Has The Term Big Data Lost Meaning?
Over the past year or so the conversations surrounding Big Data have been on a continuous loop. With endless streams of data being created on a daily basis, we hear the word ‘data’ being uttered everywhere – conferences, meetings, blogs, peer discussions, corporate parties, you name it. I’ve literally lost the count of the number of times I’ve tried making …
#SMACTalk Episode # 34 – Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
With this episode, we proudly announce our sponsorship by SAP. After establishing that I have no middle name and that growing up with the last name “Newman” during the Seinfeld era was interesting (and considering but discarding a rebrand to “Newman and the Fonz”) Brian and I settled in on Blab.im to record this episode. We’ve recorded episodes via Skype …
What Is Next For Consumer Privacy As Data Continues To Proliferate
We are inherently drawn towards things that are free. Psychologist, Dan Ariely, in his book, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, has explained this behavior, “FREE! gives us such an emotional charge that we perceive what is being offered as immensely more valuable than it really is.” With the rise in consumerism, our needs, wants, and demands …
Will CMOs Be Making The Tech Purchasing Decisions Soon
Today, most tech purchase decisions are still being made in the CIO/CTO suite. There is nothing new about that. With certain initiatives being handed down from leadership, buying and implementation has always been done in the tech department. However, as the debate around CIO-CMO fusion continues, and as data-centric and customer-centric businesses seek to work faster, issues like shadow IT, …
Future Ready – Internet of Things to Reshape the Workplace
The Internet of Things (IoT) has made its way into the workplace, and is changing the way we do business. There’s a growing use of beacons, sensors, and ‘smart’ devices that collect data to automate manufacturing, streamline operations, and improve customer experiences. But that’s not enough. We are miles away from reaching a tipping point with IoT. In fact, we …
The Big Opportunity of Big Data as a Service
Over the past few years, we’ve seen the as-a-Service (aaS) model emerging as a popular business practice. With the booming trend of moving on-premise functions to the cloud, almost every imaginable business function is being delivered as-a-service. There’s software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service, data-as-a-service, and the newest members of the clan—marketing-as-a-service, operations-as-a-service, and even desktop-as-a-service have arrived on the scene. Can big data …