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Bridging Technology and Innovation: The CIO’s Role in Driving New Growth

December 17, 2014December 17, 2014 enews

Savvy chief information and technology officers have always known that IT capabilities could deliver more than efficient, repeatable business practices. Many CIOs and CTOs understand that a well-designed and fully leveraged technology strategy can usher in breakthroughs and competitively disruptive capabilities. With this in mind, CIOs can focus on an important question: How can technology become an enabler for innovation? This is a particularly sensitive point in today’s changing business world. Easy-access to technology is toppling the barriers of entry to innovation and giving rise to a new class of…

Heathrow & Gatwick airspace chaos ’caused by lack of IT investment’

December 17, 2014December 17, 2014 enews

Vince Cable accuses air traffic control centre Nats of “skimping on large-scale investment” Business Secretary Vince Cable has blamed the technical failure behind last week’s airspace chaos on a lack of IT investment. Airspace above London was closed to all traffic for around an hour on Friday following a major system failure at Nats, the UK’s main air traffic control centre in Swanwick. And Cable told the BBC’s Andrew Marr that Nats’ IT systems were “ancient” and likely to crash because the organisation was “skimping on large-scale investment”. He added: “We have to…

Google Cloud Platform increases Windows support, adds Windows Server 2008 R2, more

December 15, 2014December 16, 2014 enews

Google Cloud Platform has just increased its support of Windows-based workloads and devices, citing customers’ concerns and requests to use their Windows-based information and devices on the Google Cloud Platform. Google also announced that in addition to Windows support, Google would also be adding three other enhancements to Google Compute Engine for customers to be able to run Windows-based workloads at scale. It is a good move for Google, as they will be able to attract more business customers. The first enhancement that Google Cloud Platform will offer its Windows users is Microsoft License Mobility.…

Ovum predicts digitalization, mobility, cloud and Internet of Things to dominate integration and middleware agenda in 2015

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 enews

Enterprise will spend an estimated US$16.3bn on middleware software in 2015, an increase of 9.3% on a year-on-year basis, according to Ovum’s recently published *2015 Trends to Watch: Integration and Middleware report. London, 10 December 2014 – Saurabh Sharma, Senior Analyst, Infrastructure Solutions and author of this report says, “With the ever-increasing need to “do more with less”, enterprises will be keen to adopt agile approaches to integration. Therefore, a significant share of the budget for integration projects will be spent on infrastructure modernization, including the adoption of new mobile and…

Smart Connected Devices Continued To Grow in Western Europe in 2014Q3, Says IDC

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 enews

The smart connected device (SCD) market posted another quarter of growth in Western Europe, driven mainly by increased demand for personal computers. According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), PC, tablet, and smartphone shipments totaled 60.1 million units, with volume 8.6% higher compared with the same quarter a year ago. London, December 9, 2014 —The trends seen during the previous quarter were confirmed in the third quarter of 2014: shipments of PCs continued to post an increase, with demand shifting towards desktops and portable PCs after few years of…

What People Who Worked At Google Know That You Probably Don’t

December 10, 2014December 11, 2014 enews

Ok, that was a totally troll title. A less inflammatory one would be “Work at Winning Companies to Learn Winning Habits.” What I want to share though is a subtle advantage that people who’ve worked at transformative tech companies have over people who haven’t. It’s not that the average employee from Google, Apple, Facebook, etc is necessarily smarter or more capable than any other person. I mean, maybe they are on average, but I’m not making the case that just because they passed a hiring screen that makes them worthwhile.…

10 reasons why enterprises should use a startup

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 enews

The benefits of going with an enterprise startup are diverse — from affordable pricing to funding R&D to accessing unique expertise. Large enterprises and startup ventures are seldom uttered in the same breath. But there are some excellent reasons for enterprises to consider using a startup. 1: Influence Companies like the feeling that they have influence over the projects and technologies their vendors develop. Startups offer their customers a golden opportunity for this because in early startup phases, their customers are their lifeblood. They do everything possible to satisfy their…

Internet of Things Must Overcome Many Challenges to Win Wide Adoption

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 enews

The development of the Internet of things seems inevitable, but security, interoperability and privacy remain as challenges to its full deployment. Photo courtesy of engagor The era of the so-called Internet of things has been talked about so much in tech circles the past few years that some may think it’s already here. But smartwatches, Google Glass and clothing embedded with sensors hardly represent a full mainstream deployment of the system. So what has to happen to make the Internet of things (or IoT, as it’s sometimes called) more accessible…

Dropbox for Business bags Netskope data security boost

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 enews

Cloud storage platform teams up with data security to bolster enterprise appeal of service Dropbox has teamed up with Netskope to bolster the enterprise appeal and capabilities of itsbusiness-focused cloud storage service. The cloud security firm’s flagship offering, Netskope Active Platform, can already be used to detect when sensitive corporate content has been, or is in the process of being, uploaded to Dropbox. Building on this, the newly-announced Netskope technology tie-up means Dropbox for Business users will be able to take advantage of additional corporate data management tools that permit…

5 CRM Features Essential for Managing the Customer Experience

December 5, 2014December 5, 2014 enews

The more sophisticated the customer, the more sophisticated the customer relationship management (CRM) system needs to be. Today’s Gen X customers are less likely to spend unless state-of-the-art technologies support the procurement and acquisition process. Emotional, optimistic, and endowed with leadership qualities, Gen X shoppers represent the new onslaught of consumers who take the helm in evaluating, recommending, and even testing products before they approve the payment. Economic Impacts A weak economy only heightens the awareness of consumers looking to optimize their spending. Take the perspective of a business regulating prices based…