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Determining the Economic Value of Your Data
Organizations do not need a Big Data strategy; they need a business strategy
that incorporates Big Data. Most organizations lack a road map for using Big
Data to optimize key business processes, deliver a differentiated customer
experience, or uncover new business opportunities. They do not understand
what's possible with respect to integrating Big Data into the business model.
In his session at @BigDataExpo, Bill Schmarzo CTO, Big Data Practice at Dell
EMC, will discuss the transformative potential of Big Data and offers an
overview of the Big Data Business Model Maturity Index, a guide for helping
organizations understand where and how they can leverage data and analytics
to power their business models. He will also explain how to apply economic
and data science concepts to quantify the economic value of the
organizatio... (more)
SYS-CON Events announced today that App2Cloud will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st
International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct. 31 - Nov 2, 2017,
at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
App2Cloud is an online Platform, specializing in migrating legacy
applications to any Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
By providing an online solution (https://www.app2cloud.io), companies can
upload their traditional applications to get, few days later, clean and
standard containers.
App2Cloud covers all the current cloud platforms and technologies including
Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Docker,
Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, and others.
For more information, visit https://www.app2cloud.io.
21st International Cloud Expo, taking place October 31 - November 2, 2017, at
the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, wi... (more)
SYS-CON Events announced today that MobiDev, a client-oriented software
development company, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud
Expo®, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara
Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
MobiDev is a software company that develops and delivers turn-key mobile
apps, websites, web services, and complex software systems for startups and
enterprises. Since 2009 it has grown from a small group of passionate
engineers and business managers to a full-scale mobile software company with
over 200 developers, designers, quality assurance engineers, project managers
in house, specializing in the world-class mobile and web development.
The company's main focus is saving the time and efforts of clients by
providing full-cycle product development, offering dedicated project teams
for long-term collaborations, ... (more)
SYS-CON Events announced today that Akvelon will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st
International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at
the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Akvelon is a business and technology consulting firm that specializes in
applying cutting-edge technology to problems in fields as diverse as mobile
technology, sports technology, finance, and healthcare.
For more information, please visit http://akvelon.com.
21st International Cloud Expo, taking place October 31 - November 2, 2017, at
the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, will feature technical
sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players
in the world.
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Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all
sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has tran... (more)
Any significant business process that can be documented and best practices
identified - will be. Any defined process that can be standardized - will
be. Standardized processes that can be codified and automated (through
robotic software automation), will be - if the volume justifies it. If the
process is repeatable across many companies it will be offered as a shared
service on a platform in a cloud.
If you agree with these technology maxims, then you are likely to agree that
most existing business processes offer little competitive advantages in the
long run, and the advantages of new innovations are fleeting so must be
captured early. They will eventually become part of a shared services
platform followed and used by your competitors. For example, 20 and 40 foot
shipping containers offered a competitive advantage for shipping companies
and ports that were ea... (more)
My discussions with organizations looking to “digitally transform”
themselves is yielding some interesting observations. I expect that when
these discussions move into the execution phase, we will start to create some
“Laws of Digital Transformation” that will guide organizations digital
transformation journey. So with that in mind, let me start by proposing these
“4 Laws of Digital Transformation”.
Law #1: It’s About Business Models, Not Just The Business
Digital Transformation is about innovating business models, not just
optimizing business processes
Organizations are looking to leverage these digital assets to create new
“economic moats.” Warren Buffett, the investor extraordinaire,
popularized the term “economic moat.” “Economic moat” refers to a
business’s ability to maintain competitive advantages over its competitors
(through process and technology innovatio... (more)
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Big Data and IoT: The Economic Benefits
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Dr. Robert Cohen, an economist and senior
fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute, presented the findings of a series
of six detailed case studies of how large corporations are implementing IoT.
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The session explored how IoT has improved their economic performance, had
major impacts on business models and resulted in impressive ROIs. The
companies covered span manufacturing and services firms. He also explored
servicification, how manufacturing firms shift from selling a product to
offering it as a service and discussed methods you can employ to estimate how
investing in IoT will affect your firm.
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Speaker Bio
Robert Cohen is an economist and senior fellow at the Economic Strategy
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Two apparently distinct movements are in the process of disrupting the world
of enterprise application development: DevOps and Low-Code.
DevOps is a cultural and organizational shift that empowers enterprise
software teams to deliver better software quicker - in particular, hand-coded
software.
Low-Code platforms, in contrast, provide a technology platform and visual
tooling that empower enterprise software teams to deliver better software
quicker - with little or no hand-coding required.
Two disruptive approaches with remarkably similar value propositions. Except
that one emphasizes hand-coding while the other replaces it.
The obvious question: are we in for some kind of appdev battle to the death,
as the two disparate approaches fight for supremacy?
Or are we somehow setting ourselves up for a delightful Kumbaya moment, where
DevOps and Low-Code live together, hap... (more)
“You can’t stop the incessant march of economics” – Bill Schmarzo
Okay, so it’s probably not cool to quote oneself, but hey, this is my blog
and I get to do what I want. And for anyone who follows me knows, I love to
“riff” on the game-changing power of economics. The “economics of big
data” – where the cost to store, manage and analyze data is 20x to 100x
cheaper than traditional analytics – started this big data and data science
craze. But ultimately it is the economics of value, or to be specific,
“value in use” where the economics really become a game changer.
I recent article titled “The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence”
from the Harvard Business Review highlights very well the role that economics
(maybe even more than data science) is going to play in separating the
winners from the losers in digital transformation. To quote the article:
Machine int... (more)
SYS-CON Events announced today that Dasher Technologies will exhibit at
SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 -
Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Dasher Technologies, Inc. ® is a premier IT solution provider that delivers
expert technical resources along with trusted account executives to architect
and deliver complete IT solutions and services to help our clients execute
their goals, plans and objectives.
Since 1999, we've helped public, private and nonprofit organizations
implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. As
one of the fastest growing IT solution providers in the country, we have
gained a reputation for effortless implementations with relentless
follow-through and enduring support.
Our strong technical expertise and vendor independence allow us to integrat... (more)
Technical Strategy for Industrial IoT, with Real-World Use Cases
No hype cycles or predictions of a gazillion things here. IoT is here. You
get it. You know your business and have great ideas for a business
transformation strategy. What comes next? Time to make it happen.
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jay Mason, an Associate Partner of Analytics,
IoT & Cybersecurity at M&S; Consulting, will present a step-by-step plan to
develop your technology implementation strategy. He will discuss the
evaluation of communication standards and IoT messaging protocols, data
analytics considerations, edge-to-cloud technical architecture, IoT platform
selection, end-to-end security, enterprise systems integration and
monetization techniques. Seize market opportunities by following this
methodology to design and implement a systems architecture that meets complex
demands for security... (more)
@ThingsExpo Stories By Elizabeth White SYS-CON Events announced today that App2Cloud will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct. 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. App2Cloud is an online Platform, specializing in migrating legacy applications to any Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Sep. 3, 2017 03:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,001 | By Liz McMillan SYS-CON Events announced today that Akvelon will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Akvelon is a business and technology consulting firm that specializes in applying cutting-edge technology to problems in fields as diverse as mobile technology, sports technology, finance, and healthcare. Sep. 3, 2017 03:45 AM EDT Reads: 872 | By Elizabeth White In his session at @ThingsExpo, Dr. Robert Cohen, an economist and senior fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute, presented the findings of a series of six detailed case studies of how large corporations are implementing IoT. The session explored how IoT has improved their economic performance, had major impacts on business models and resulted in impressive ROIs. The companies covered span manufacturing and services firms. He also explored servicification, how manufacturing firms shift from se... Sep. 3, 2017 02:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,263 | By Elizabeth White Organizations do not need a Big Data strategy; they need a business strategy that incorporates Big Data. Most organizations lack a road map for using Big Data to optimize key business processes, deliver a differentiated customer experience, or uncover new business opportunities. They do not understand what’s possible with respect to integrating Big Data into the business model. Sep. 3, 2017 12:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,409 | By Pat Romanski SYS-CON Events announced today that Dasher Technologies will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Dasher Technologies, Inc. ® is a premier IT solution provider that delivers expert technical resources along with trusted account executives to architect and deliver complete IT solutions and services to help our clients execute their goals, plans and objectives.
Since 1999, we've... Sep. 2, 2017 09:15 PM EDT Reads: 903 | By Liz McMillan SYS-CON Events announced today that MobiDev, a client-oriented software development company, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. MobiDev is a software company that develops and delivers turn-key mobile apps, websites, web services, and complex software systems for startups and enterprises. Since 2009 it has grown from a small group of passionate engineers and business... Sep. 2, 2017 09:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,167 | By Pat Romanski  From 2013, NTT Communications has been providing cPaaS service, SkyWay. Its customer’s expectations for leveraging WebRTC technology are not only typical real-time communication use cases such as Web conference, remote education, but also IoT use cases such as remote camera monitoring, smart-glass, and robotic. Because of this, NTT Communications has numerous IoT business use-cases that its customers are developing on top of PaaS. WebRTC will lead IoT businesses to be more innovative and address... Sep. 2, 2017 09:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,177 | By Liz McMillan  The question before companies today is not whether to become intelligent, it’s a question of how and how fast. The key is to adopt and deploy an intelligent application strategy while simultaneously preparing to scale that intelligence. In her session at 21st Cloud Expo, Sangeeta Chakraborty, Chief Customer Officer at Ayasdi, will provide a tactical framework to become a truly intelligent enterprise, including how to identify the right applications for AI, how to build a Center of Excellence to ... Sep. 2, 2017 08:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,736 | By Yeshim Deniz  WebRTC is the future of browser-to-browser communications, and continues to make inroads into the traditional, difficult, plug-in web communications world. The 6th WebRTC Summit continues our tradition of delivering the latest and greatest presentations within the world of WebRTC. Topics include voice calling, video chat, P2P file sharing, and use cases that have already leveraged the power and convenience of WebRTC. Sep. 2, 2017 08:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,422 | By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that Massive Networks will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Massive Networks mission is simple. To help your business operate seamlessly with fast, reliable, and secure internet and network solutions. Improve your customer's experience with outstanding connections to your cloud. Sep. 2, 2017 04:45 PM EDT Reads: 823 | By Elizabeth White No hype cycles or predictions of a gazillion things here. IoT is here. You get it. You know your business and have great ideas for a business transformation strategy. What comes next? Time to make it happen. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jay Mason, an Associate Partner of Analytics, IoT & Cybersecurity at M&S; Consulting, will present a step-by-step plan to develop your technology implementation strategy. He will discuss the evaluation of communication standards and IoT messaging protocols, dat... Sep. 2, 2017 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,004 | By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that Datera will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Datera offers a radically new approach to data management, where innovative software makes data infrastructure invisible, elastic and able to perform at the highest level. It eliminates hardware lock-in and gives IT organizations the choice to source x86 server nodes, with business model option... Sep. 2, 2017 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 860 | By Elizabeth White  An increasing number of companies are creating products that combine data with analytical capabilities. Running interactive queries on Big Data requires complex architectures to store and query data effectively, typically involving data streams, an choosing efficient file format/database and multiple independent systems that are tied together through custom-engineered pipelines. In his session at @BigDataExpo at @ThingsExpo, Tomer Levi, a senior software engineer at Intel’s Advanced Analytics gr... Sep. 2, 2017 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,572 |  SYS-CON Events announced today that DXWorldExpo has been named “Global Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Digital Transformation is the key issue driving the global enterprise IT business. Digital Transformation is most prominent among Global 2000 enterprises and government institutions. Sep. 2, 2017 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,123 | By Yeshim Deniz  SYS-CON Events announced today that IBM has been named “Diamond Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 21st Cloud Expo, which will take place on October 31 through November 2nd 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. In an era of historic innovation fueled by unprecedented access to data and technology, the low cost and risk of entering new markets has leveled the playing field for business. Today, any ambitious innovator can easily introduce a new application or product that can r... Sep. 2, 2017 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,287 | By Yeshim Deniz  SYS-CON Events announced today that CAST Software will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. CAST was founded more than 25 years ago to make the invisible visible. Built around the idea that even the best analytics on the market still leave blind spots for technical teams looking to deliver better software and prevent outages, CAST provides the software intelligence that matter ... Sep. 2, 2017 12:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,276 | By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that Cloudistics, an on-premises cloud computing company, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Launched in 2016, Cloudistics helps anyone bring the power of the cloud to the data center in an easy-to-use, on- premises cloud platform that automatically provides high performance resources for all types of applications: Docke... Sep. 2, 2017 12:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,478 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that CA Technologies has been named “Platinum Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. CA Technologies helps customers succeed in a future where every business – from apparel to energy – is being rewritten by software. From planning to development to management to security, CA creates software that fuels transformation for companies in the applic... Sep. 2, 2017 12:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,405 | By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that Golden Gate University will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Since 1901, non-profit Golden Gate University (GGU) has been helping adults achieve their professional goals by providing high quality, practice-based undergraduate and graduate educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions. Many of its courses are taug... Sep. 2, 2017 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,215 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that Pulzze Systems will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Pulzze Systems Inc, provides the software product "The Interactor" that uniquely simplifies building IoT, Web and Smart Enterprise Solutions. It is a Silicon Valley startup funded by US government agencies, NSF and DHS to bring innovative solutions to market. Sep. 2, 2017 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,288 |
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Like me, I’m sure that many of you nerds have read the book “I, Robot.” “I, Robot” is the seminal book written by Isaac Asimov (actually it was a series of books, but I only read the one) that explores the moral and ethical challenges posed by a world dominated by robots.
But I read that book like 50 years ago, so the movie “I, Robot” with Will Smith is actually more relevant to me today. The movie does a nice job of discussing the ethical and moral challenges associated with a society where robots play such a dominant and crucial role in everyday life.
I recently had the opportunity to give a 10-minute keynote at DataWorks Summit 2017. I know what most of you are thinking: Schmarzo can barely introduce himself in 10 minutes! What sort of keynote could he give in just 10 minutes? And to be honest, I too struggled with what to say.
But after some brainstorming with my marketing experts (Jeff Abbott, Erin Banks, and Chris Hill), we came up with an idea: Pose 5 questions that every organization needs to consider as they prepare themselves for digital transformation. And while I didn’t have enough time in 10 minutes to answer those questions...
With 2017 crossing the half way point, let’s look at some technology trends thus far.
Breaches: Many personal records are half empty due to the continued rash of intrusions while the crooks are half full of our personal information along with some ransom payments. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), there have been 7,689 breaches since 2005 (when they started tracking) compromising – get this – 900,315,392 records. Almost 3 times the U.S. population. In 2016, 56% of all Data Breaches began with a user clicking on a phishing email. The big story for 2017 I think, is the ris...
The concept of speed as an advantage is not new. Over the course of 700 years, the Romans built and maintained a system of roads extending over 55,000 miles to enable speedy communications and the quick movement of troops across the vast expanse of the empire.
What’s different today is that digital technologies have warped our perception of time. As an example, a person might say they live five minutes from town, but that can have widely different meanings based on whether they were referring to walking or driving a car. Digital technologies compress our perception of time and space while ex...
With the wave of personal assistants, such as Siri, Cortana and Google Assistant, and new startups leveraging AI and analytics to build personal companions, it’s becoming clear we are moving toward a new voice-controlled relationship with technology. As we have already seen in the consumer market, it is all but a given that these voice-activation systems will eventually make it into the enterprise environment, as the potential benefits of these systems could be tremendous in simplifying and automating activities. Although it may be a long time before we see the full likenesses of “HAL” from “2...
SYS-CON Events announced today that JETRO will showcase Japan Digital Transformation Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is a non-profit organization that provides business support services to companies expanding to Japan. With the support of JETRO's dedicated staff, clients can incorporate their business; receive visa, immigration, and HR support; find dedicated office space; identify local government subsidies; get tailored ma...
Throughout history military leaders have suffered through the "fog of war," where they desperately sought answers to six key questions:
Where are my enemies?
Where are my friends?
Where are my forces?
Where are my materials and supplies?
What capabilities are available now and at what location?
What are the environmental conditions?
The human work of solving problems, facing challenges and overcoming obstacles tends to share a common goal: creating stable, secure and predictable environments. The tendency for most humans is that once we solve a challenge, we want to be done with it. That propensity, however, does not fit with today’s reality of perpetual change.
In the digital business world, organizations have no choice but to operate in an unclear, uncertain and continuously shifting environment that requires a new mindset and approach to formulating business strategies. Digital winners recognize that change is pa...
Water stress is not an arcane term just used by hydrologists. It is defined as the inability to meet the ‘human and ecological demand for water.’ The effective use of water resources has been well documented as a leading indicator of economic progress and the converse, damages to water resources can significantly impact economic growth.
Here in the US, recent high-profile stories about poisoned water in Flint, Mich. and polluted water in Toledo, Ohio, have raised this issue for many who likely hadn’t thought much about our national water supplies before. Alarmingly, as many as 3.5 million ...
SYS-CON Events announced today that JETRO will showcase Japan Digital Transformation Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is a non-profit organization that provides business support services to companies expanding to Japan. With the support of JETRO's dedicated staff, clients can incorporate their business; receive visa, immigration, and HR support; find dedicated office space; identify local government subsidies; get tailored ma...
How do cars talk to each other today? One driver can honk at another. It's pretty crude. That is quickly changing though - and, for the most part, that's a good thing. Cars are becoming complex computers, expected to drive autonomously, download software updates regularly, and impress riders with the sound quality and entertainment value of a home theater. Soon, cars will be communicating with each other to do everything from switching lanes to balancing traffic congestion. When you combine machine-learning, complex data, and growing automotive networks, you get a dramatically different indust...
API Security has finally entered our security zeitgeist. OWASP Top 10 2017 - RC1 recognized API Security as a first class citizen by adding it as number 10, or A-10 on its list of web application vulnerabilities. We believe this is just the start. The attack surface area offered by API is orders or magnitude larger than any other attack surface area. Consider the fact the APIs expose cloud services, internal databases, application and even legacy mainframes over the internet. What could go wrong?
Internet-of-Things discussions can end up either going down the consumer gadget rabbit hole or focused on the sort of data logging that industrial manufacturers have been doing forever. However, in fact, companies today are already using IoT data both to optimize their operational technology and to improve the experience of customer interactions in novel ways. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Gordon Haff, Red Hat Technology Evangelist, shared examples from a wide range of industries – including energy, transportation, and retail – of using IoT to create new business opportunities and improve eff...
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