Author: enews

One purpose of prediction is not to know the future, but to be able to change it. That’s fine—but incomplete data or sloppy models inevitably lead to unintended consequences. There’s a human irony in the fact that a natural disaster is somehow less painful than one we cause inadvertently: once you mess with something, you are responsible for the outcome. For better or worse, Big Data is taking the concept of “messing with something” to a level that humanity has never experienced before. How much of what we put in…

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A new report offers a snapshot into the deployment preferences of some smaller companies when given the choice of on-premise or cloud-based software. Take a look at the numbers. Dr. Noel Radley, Managing Editor at Software Advice, wrote a report titled Cloud vs. On-Premise Software: Changes in Preference From 2008-2014. The report kicks off by saying, “There has been a radical shift in deployment preference over the past six years: 88 percent of buyers preferred on-premise solutions in 2008, while 87 percent preferred cloud solutions in 2014.” That’s quite a statement. What…

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It’s all about the money as we run down the top ten richest people in tech For whatever reason, most likely because they wield various forms of power over the general populace, we remain obsessed with the wealthy. And humans love to categorise, hence the endless lists of stuff, including the richest persons inhabiting our little planet. Here’s our list of the top ten richest people in IT, which will be updated regularly. 10. Masayoshi Son (Worth: $18.2bn) Japan’s richest man, Masayoshi Son is founder and CEO of ISP and…

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Every business must have a unique niche if you wish to separate yourself from others to compete in the marketplace. This is especially true if you are competing in an industry that is very crowded with competition and low price is a driving incentive for the customer. It used to be that a cup of coffee was just a cup of coffee. Then a company came along and completely changed the rules. They violated every marketing rule. They overpriced their product. They changed the language – a small is actually…

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Surveying the business landscape over the past five years makes me especially optimistic about growth. Strangely, that’s because so many U.S. businesses are failing—but failing successfully. As unexpected as that sounds, the best organizations and business leaders are now adept at failing and then quickly applying lessons learned from those misfires to fuel future successes. Today’s problems are incredibly complex. Few can be solved on the first try. But we find that clients who seek to understand what does and does not work ultimately make more confident, grounded decisions. The insurance industry…

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