Companies need to rethink how they’re investing in data, analytics, and AI — and whether these investments are creating real business value. It’s time for Fortune 1000 companies to rethink their investments in data, analytics, and AI. Of course, companies should be…
Companies need to be more focused on proprietary data — data that is unique to a company and can be used to create a sustainable competitive advantage. What’s the most overlooked piece of your company’s data strategy? If you’re like…
One of the primary reasons companies fail to innovate is that they are locked into a specific vendor’s technology. Watch out for these pitfalls. In order to remain competitive, today’s businesses need to always be innovating. However, innovating remains a…
Economic uncertainty, social and political unrest, environmental catastrophe, and global health crises continue to impact people and businesses worldwide. Yet, amidst each of these disruptions, managers must maintain forward momentum to ensure their teams achieve success. This past year we’ve…
New technology is now capable of communicating and making content in ways comparable to humans. It’s called generative artificial intelligence (AI), and you can use it to excel in the workforce. “Oh, what a surprising message! You’ve made me cry!…
Most companies struggle to capture the enormous potential of their data. Typically, they launch massive programs that try to meet the needs of every data end user or have individual application-development teams set up customized data pipelines that can’t easily…
The Chief Data Officers (CDO) role is poorly understood, and incumbents of the job have often met with diffuse expectations and short tenures. There is a clear need for CDOs to focus on adding visible value to their organizations. The…
As enterprises seek industry clouds to boost their overall cloud ROI, they should architect with integration and security in mind and not limit their choices to one provider. The concept of industry clouds is not all that new, but enterprise interest is rising…
Vertical industry clouds have key capabilities that were missing in the past. With various granularity levels and better integration, vertical clouds will work this time. Here’s an observation I’ve made many times in my career: If your business is plateauing,…
The past few years saw the proliferation of multiclouds and tools to manage them. Now it's time to update your strategy to maximize multicloud ROI. The multicloud management market is expected to grow at a steady rate of about 25% during the forecast…