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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In December, I discussed several trends and developments in "mobile BI" -- the ability to view and interact with performance-related information on mobile devices like smartphones and PDAs (see "Business Performance Management and Mobile BI," 26 December 2007).
What Is Personal Agility? Personal agility has two major components, the first of which is "personal responsibility." Let's start there.
Last November, I said that Oracle would more than likely end up buying BEA Systems (see "Oracle and BEA: Fusion Confusion or Beneficial to End-User Organizations?" 14 November 2007). I added that my initial reaction to this possible acquisition was that it would be good for Oracle.
Last week, Sun Microsystems announced it would buy leading open source database developer MySQL for approximately US $1 billion. This deal did not receive as much attention as it should have because it happened at the same time Oracle announced it would buy BEA Systems. Nevertheless, it is important.
If you get a chance, you ought to tune in to Cutter Senior Consultant Michael Mah's Cutter Webinar titled "Case Study: The Impact of Agile on Productivity at Five Companies." [This morning, January 17, at 11:30 EST -- you can still register now or watch the recording at a later date.] I've been working with
Last week, Microsoft announced plans to acquire enterprise search software specialist Fast Search and Transfer (FAST) for 6.6 billion Norwegian Kroners, or approximately US $1.2 billion. This deal is important because it gives Microsoft high-end, cutting-edge search technology it can use to bolster its low- and medium-end search products.