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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If there was ever any doubt as to what Microsoft's strategy regarding Enterprise 2.0 might be, it was shattered with several announcements at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, earlier this month. In a nutshell, Microsoft is moving to become an Enterprise 2.0 leader by taking advantage of its wildly popular SharePoint Server.
In the first article in this series (see "How to Talk to Architects, Part I: The Enterprise," 28 May 2008), we discussed the issues involved in communicating with architects. Although it doesn't always seem so, architects are not that different from anyone else.
Last week (see "And the Best Data Integration Technique Is ..." 10 June 2008), I said that the debate about which data integration technique is best for BI is irrelevant, because most midsize and larger organizations are going to require a variety of data integration methods to support their BI and other decision support needs.
I'm in the process of fulfilling my lifelong dream of being a pilot, as I'm close to finishing the training for my private pilot's license. During this venture, I've been struck numerous times by the parallels between the principles and practices of aviation and those of agile software development. Many principles are based on common sense and clear communication.