Strategic advice to leverage new technologies

Technology is at the heart of nearly every enterprise, enabling new business models and strategies, and serving as the catalyst to industry convergence. Leveraging the right technology can improve business outcomes, providing intelligence and insights that help you make more informed and accurate decisions. From finding patterns in data through data science, to curating relevant insights with data analytics, to the predictive abilities and innumerable applications of AI, to solving challenging business problems with ML, NLP, and knowledge graphs, technology has brought decision-making to a more intelligent level. Keep pace with the technology trends, opportunities, applications, and real-world use cases that will move your organization closer to its transformation and business goals.

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For the last decade I have been asked, "What is the ROI for collaboration?" I have come to several conclusions about this: one, that it is the wrong question to ask (and is a trap in itself) and two, everyone wants collaboration, but no one seems willing to pay fo

Mobility is now one of the top strategic priorities for organizations. In fact, supporting mobility is seen as so important that some organizations are offering employees the option of using their own personal devices.

The Cutter IT Journal from August 2011 asks, "Devops: A Software Revolution in the Making?" (Vol. 24, No.

Last month I began an Advisor series that I am unofficially calling the "Scrum Ain't Enough" series (see "Agile

How does the explosion of social media and the blogosphere relate to your company? Are customers using Twitter and Facebook to talk about their experiences with your products or services? How do global geopolitical events impact your business?

Consider this Advisor a very pragmatic recommendation to the software development manager/director/VP. I have a feeling that the opinion I express here might get me in hot water, but what would life be like without some risk?

The business analysis profession is in the midst of change. Work is underway within organizations and associations to formalize and standardize what it means to be a business analyst (BA). The role has had a long and tortuous existence. A child of necessity, the role evolved to bridge the gap between what those responsible for operating an organization wanted to do and what those responsible for implementing technology were able to deliver.

THE MECCC AND ITS BUSINESS DRIVERS

Over the last two decades, medical science has made significant progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the progression of cancer, and this progress has been accompanied by the development of new and more effective treatments. Yet the way in which cancer care is delivered and coordinated has by and large remained the same. Once diagnosed with cancer, most patients receive their care in a linear fashion.