Author: enews

Enable key differentiators that provide a competitive edge.   There’s been a lot of talk recently about the need for IT to focus on delivering business outcomes, as opposed to products and services. In my experience, far too many things are considered IT investments when they’re actually business capability investments that are enabled through IT. Make business investments for business outcomes As a designer, implementer, and integrator of technology, IT can help define the expected value in terms of return on investment and total cost of ownership (TCO). However,  I think…

At NetHui last week one of the most interesting sessions was “Is there an app for that?”. The issue was that while apps can be easy to use, they are little walled gardens within an app store which is another level of walled garden. The Apple app store or Google play makes it easy to find apps, but it also means that you’re limited to apps that your environment’s corporate overlords approve and in Apple’s case, charge to include. On Android, it’s easy to change a setting so you can…

“Put your business in the cloud!”… “You’re missing out if you’re not in the cloud yet!” You’ve probably heard a ton of these phrases from articles on the internet, gurus on Twitter, or even friends who own businesses. But has anyone ever stopped to explain to you what a cloud-based POS (point of sale) system actually is? The experts are often so excited to promote new technologies that they fail to explain the basics to newbies. We’ll give you the rundown you probably need — a “cloud-based POS systems 101.”…

 HoloLens has gone through a relatively quick public evolution. In January, the augmented reality headset received overwhelming praise for its futuristic look at computing and gaming. HoloLens almost single-handedly brought Microsoft out of the quagmire of typical Windows reporting. For months, reporters, journalist and Windows affiliates seemed jazzed at Microsoft’s potential stake in turning augmented reality into the respected market of the future. Combining highly sophisticated hardware, a newly refined operating system and some clever demos, Microsoft was able to tickle the imaginations of many. Unfortunately, Microsoft was unable to…

Companies everywhere are drowning in data. They are collecting more of it, and at an accelerated pace, while at the same time depending on it more than they have before. Data centers are being constructed around the world to house all this information, but research shows that more than two-thirds of what is being kept is worthless. That’s where Veritas comes in. The demand for our information management services has never been higher, as there will be more than 44 zettabytes of data in the world by 2020. Using current…