Category: Business Users

February 22, 2019

Every organization manages people, purchases products and services, sells (or gives away) something and accounts for money. The way each activity is handled will vary, but every enterprise performs these basic functions. In most cases, it is more effective to […]

February 22, 2019

Here’s a safe bet: If you’re like most enterprise IT leaders, you’ve already moved some data and workloads to the cloud, or you’re doing so now. How do we know? It’s an educated guess, confirmed by third-party research. A survey […]

February 8, 2019

I was never a particularly good surfer. I did manage to stand up on a board when I was a junior lifeguard. But I did become a reasonably good body surfer. As a body surfer, you would look for two […]

December 7, 2018

Our work with healthcare enterprises indicates that health systems are investing in specific programs such as telehealth and remote monitoring. While these initiatives gather momentum, other digital health programs are struggling to emerge from pilot deployment and also face competing […]

October 31, 2018

Some dramatic “disruptions” are occurring pushed by very young and very innovative companies, forcing more traditional corporations to react with digital transformation initiatives. It is not a surprise that Gartner mentions that “90% of corporate leaders view digital as a […]

October 8, 2018

Companies are interesting creatures. In a legal sense, a company is a person, as it has all the rights that you and I do. A company can own property, file lawsuits, pay taxes, and generate profits. That last criteria can […]

October 3, 2018

At a recent healthcare conference I attended in Silicon Valley, I met an entrepreneur who introduced himself briefly thus: “I’m the CEO of [his company]. We’ve raised $50 million in VC money.” That was it. No introduction to his product, […]

August 29, 2018

The drumbeat to raise the CIO’s role from functional expert to strategic partner has been a constant since at least 2014. But as Billy Crystal reminded us, “Change is such hard work.” Some organizations and CIOs get it right all […]

August 24, 2018

Over the last several years, the siren call of digital disruption has become louder and louder. Here is what some of the biggest thought leaders have said regarding this topic: “The introduction of new technologies creates entire new ways of […]

August 20, 2018

Intelligent automation has the potential to transform nearly every aspect of business. It can increase the speed, operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness and accuracy of activities in IT, HR, operations, finance and more. Workers can generate more impactful insights and make smarter […]