Last year, surveys and reports predicted that 2015 will be the year of enterprise mobility. For most companies thinking about a mobile workforce, mobility has been all about flex work and work-from-home arrangements. While some companies are open to these, others aren’t as quick to jump on board. For example, Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer comes to mind: she called work-from-home …
Why Brands Are So 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 …
Should your Company Leverage the Cloud?
Cloud-based services are becoming ubiquitous. Many people are turning to the cloud for some reason or another—whether it is to store their pictures, or their music collection, or archive documents. There has been a huge upswing in the number of people who are increasingly dependent on cloud services such as Dropbox or Google Drive for storing files. But when it …
Are CMOs Poised To Take Over Technology Purchasing?
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, marketing-led tech, …
How Cloud Enables a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy on the Web
There has been a lot of talk from the pundits to the hunted (remember Edward Snowden?) about how there really is no longer any privacy on the Internet. However, as much as there is some truth in every lie, this particular thought isn’t entirely true. Perhaps a better way to explain it is: there is no privacy when you are …
Big data may be the ultimate customer experience tool
For a long time we’ve been having conversations about big data. The digital space has witnessed tens of thousands of talks, some refuting the relevance of big data, calling it the next big hype, while others venerate it as the demigod of the digital world. But last year‘s “Big Data Executive Study” made it official: Big data is mainstream and demands …
Live from #IBMPWLC 2015 is the Year of the Cloud w/ @Sandy_Carter #SMACtalk
Enabling A Cloud Ecosystem Through Social Business and Customer Centrism Call it fate, call it Kismet, but as Brian and I sat and watched Sandy Carter deliver her keynote at IBM Partnerworld 2014, we found ourselves saying, “We need her on the Podcast.” So we tried, but as one of the leaders of this conference it was apparent that Sandy’s …
How Cloud Partnerships Drive Next Generation Business Solutions #IBMPWLC
In this most recent episode of SMACtalk Live, co-hosts Brian Fanzo and Daniel Newman welcomed in special co-host Jerry Champlin, Co-Founder and CTO of Absolute Performance a global Managed Service Provider (MSP). When we first met Jerry, we weren’t exactly sure how we were going to craft a story for SMACtalk that would be exciting and engaging for our audience. …
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 Today The Day We Stop Talking About Technology?
Late in 2014 I had the opportunity to visit NYC for an event co-hosted by IBM and Pure Matter. The purpose was to put a diverse group of future-forward thinkers together to discuss the future of work…This is my story, and my take away. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts! We live our lives online. Ninety-one percent of us wake …