Mixed Reality has seen a wave of hype, often followed by market skepticism. This year, new products with more practical use cases are showing the potential for Mixed Reality to see a real growth of adoption – if the right applications are made the focus.
Labor and Automation: What the Past and Present Can Tell Us About the Future
If we’ve experienced this much change already this early in digital transformation, what does labor and automation look like in the future? Will humans even have a place at all?
Finding Success: 6 Reasons Innovation Needs Marketing
Innovation needs marketing to survive. Let’s discuss a few ways innovation needs marketing to find a space for itself in the digital marketplace.
Automation 101: Identifying What You Should Automate
I recently wrote a piece on Forbes about the realities of automation in digital transformation. Namely—I discussed the fact that many companies have recognized that despite its miracle-worker status, automation isn’t as “easy” as we may have originally thought. For instance, automation requires tremendous coordination throughout the enterprise for companies to recognize the fullest and deepest benefits. At an age …
6 Reasons Why We Haven’t Seen Full AI Adoption
On one hand, we know AI is the future of business. After all, manpower simply isn’t fast enough to keep up with the pace of consumer demand. That said, there’s a big difference between knowing AI is the future and actually implementing AI within your business successfully. That latter part—AI adoption—is where many companies are finding themselves stuck. No one …
Consumption-Based IT Services: What Does it Mean for IT?
Every company today is struggling with an ongoing value-proposition when it comes to their IT services. On one hand, it’s easy to send everything to the cloud. You eliminate the headache of managing core programs and can scale the programs as you go. On the other hand, many are finding that there are certain services that simply don’t make sense …
5 Advancements 5G Will Enable in The Future
Hot off the heels of the Mobile World Congress 2019, there’s one technology everyone is buzzing about more than any other: 5G. While there were other exciting developments at MWC 2019, 5G was the headliner. Why is everyone so fired up about 5G? Because some of the biggest advancements in digital transformation have been waiting in the wings because they …
5 Digital Transformation Trends Reshaping Customer Experience for 2019
Some companies think digital transformation is about efficiency—saving time and money, beating competitors to market, and wooing customers with fancy apps and tech bling. They’re wrong. As I’ve said for years now, digital transformation is about one thing: improving customer experience. And many companies are finally starting to realize that customer experience management needs to be on their radar if …
Enterprise Cloud Computing Trends to Watch for This Year
The cloud. It’s foundational to business in digital transformation and will continue to be in years to come. But nothing stays the same for long in the digital age. So, how is the cloud itself transforming? And what does enterprise cloud computing look like in 2019 and beyond? The following are a few of the biggest trends to watch for …
Understanding the Types of Data Scientists Your Company Can Hire
Data scientist. Data engineer. Data guru. It doesn’t matter what you call them. Today’s companies are realizing that they need someone to engineer the data they are pulling everyday in order to put it into action. Indeed, data is nothing without data scientists to slice and dice it. But it’s not as simple as hiring someone with the data scientist …