Brian Hosts Solo from SXSW as Daniel is on the road doing a keynote presentation. Joining Brian live from SXSW is Eric Swayne who is the VP of Product & Marketing at MutualMind, Co-Founder of DrawAttention. The underlying theme of SXSW other than Meerkat was without question was the role data plays in businesses today that are focused on creating …
There is No SMAC Talk in the Shark Tank!
In the most recent episode of SMACtalk Live, Brian is reporting live from the IBM Interconnect event, while Daniel points out he isn’t sure if the lost voice was a result of the hard work or the Aerosmith concert. Along with some great insights from the event on cloud and mobile, Brian had the opportunity to watch from the front …
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 …
Cloud and the Revolutionization of Business
I spend a fair amount of time thinking about, writing about technology and how it’s changing the world of business. I’m guessing that you do, too, whether you’re in marketing, sales or IT – am I right? I spent the early part of this week in Las Vegas attending IBM’s PartnerWorld Leadership Conference and the focus of the event was …
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. …
Why Partnership Is Critical for Business and Technology Transformation #SMACtalk Live from #IBMPWLC
Why Partnership Is Critical for Business and Technology Transformation In this episode, live from IBM Partner World 2015 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, Brian and I explore the role of partnership in the business and technology ecosystem. The word partnership has a way of being used to describe many relationships; all of which are not partnerships. In order …
Video Will Reimagine The Future of Communication #SMACtalk Live Ep 12
In this episode (#12) of SMACTalk, co-hosts Brian Fanzo and Daniel Newman explore the ways that video is changing the way businesses market, communicate and socialize. Over the past 10+ years, the internet has redefined media. First social media (Twitter, Facebook, WordPress) shifted print media from a lengthy creative process to an instant on-demand industry and then radio followed suit …
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 …
Pop Culture Creates Cloud Myths and We Bust Them! #SMACtalk Ep 11 #Podcast
On this episode of SMACtalk Live we talk Cloud Computing, focusing on how the concept of cloud computing has really changed over the last 4 years for good and bad thanks to pop culture. So many of use apps and tools throughout our day that leverage the cloud but probably don’t even realize it. At the same time the misconceptions …