Tech names AMD, Apple, Google, and Microsoft all saw their results significantly outperform guidance and expectations this week.
4 AI Trends Set To Accelerate In 2021
The coming year is going to see the continued impact of artificial intelligence. Here are four applications that we will see strong continued investment and adoption in 2021.
How Tech Is Leading A Marketing Comeback Following The Pandemic Driven Slowdown
After COVID-19 hit, many companies including Google made massive cuts to their marketing budgets, but a comeback is underway and tech companies are leading the way through investment and a focus on investing in their customers.
Businesses Need Extreme Recruiting to Win Over the Brightest Millennial Tech Talent
Millennials and Generation Z are flocking to Silicon Valley for jobs. No surprise, then, that many companies outside the Valley are looking for innovative ways to attract and retain star coders in a technology-driven market. One of these is a successful new practice called extreme recruiting. A study from Burning Glass found programming jobs are growing 12 percent faster than …
#SMACtalk 80: The Failures and Successes of Enterprise Software with Pega CEO Alan Trefler
In this week’s episode of SMACtalk, hosts Brian Fanzo and Daniel Newman had the opportunity to speak with Pega CEO, Alan Trefler. Known for his “Pull no punches” approach to business, Alan makes for the perfect “SMAC” guest because he’s going to take questions head on and leave the audience wanting more. At Pegaworld, we found out that Mr. Trefler isn’t only the CEO at Pega, he is also a chess master …
Wendy’s Introduces Self-Serve Robots into the Fast Food Experience
In tech news that’s interesting to me, Wendy’s recently announced the intention to roll out the robots—or, in this case, 1,000 self-ordering kiosks—in high volume locations during the course of 2017. Even more interesting, David Trim, the company’s Chief Information Officer, reports that the company expects to see a return on investment in robot tech within two years or less …
The Role of Company Culture in Technology Integration Success! #SMACtalk Ep 28
Brian and Dan attempt to change the current technology discussion from what’s the best technology solutions available to, what technology is my company using today and what solutions best fit in my company culture. The goal for businesses embracing technology must be around implementing the best tools and solutions to empower our employees to be most productive when solving business …
When Big Data Causes Big Problems #SMACtalk Ep 26
We all know that Big Data is a hot topic. As businesses and consumers we are constantly witnessing how data can be used to better understand our customers, our operations and of course our own buying behavior. However, big data in all of its glory isn’t always so perfect. What happens when we let data become a mere support structure …
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. …