In 2019, more than half (55%) of the world’s population has Internet access. That’s 4 billion people. Almost as many use email. Over 3 billion use social media. That’s pretty impressive if you consider it took about 80 years for Americans to adopt the dishwasher. The Internet got there in less than a decade. 2018…
IoT and VCR – starting with V
Introduction Apologies if I’ve piqued your interest in video tape recorders but I’m afraid you’ve been led astray. This article is not about the Panasonic PV-V4520 or the Sony SLV-N700, although I’m sure they are fine products. VCR then, I’ll touch on this later. In the meantime, a confession. I have to admit that I’m…
A Lasting Legacy or Eternal Damnation? Redemption is in the Clouds
In the business world many personal legacies are less memorable and more toxic, and deserve to be consigned to the Rip Off Rascals Hall of Shame. The Enron gang, Robert Maxwell and Fred Goodwin immediately come to mind. But there is one definition of legacy that many companies would probably also like to forget, but are reminded of every day by their customers and employees.This is their old and creaking technology defined in many dictionaries as “of, relating to, or being a previous or outdated computer system.”
Tailoring Code
Over time, even with the best of intentions, code bases will tend toward entropy if constant effort isn’t made to improve and maintain them. Even revisiting your own code which has sat untouched for years, after your learning and knowledge has expanded, will look worse than you remember leaving it!
Simplifying Business Operations with Server Virtualization
Organizations can gain numerous financial and operational benefits by employing a thoughtful server virtualization strategy. Today, we will focus on just a few of those benefits. It wasn’t too long ago that many people looked at virtualizing servers in the production environment with great trepidation. There were legitimate fears over … Read More
Q & A: Michael Flannagan, VP & GM of Cisco’s Data & Analytics Group talks IoT, Edge Analytics & IBM Partnership
Cisco is one of the preeminent high technology companies and a market leader in networking for the last three decades. Cisco’s technologies and market strategies continue to evolve along with those of the overarching high tech industry and its expanding customer base. Cisco is expanding its presence beyond networking and becoming a driving force in […]
Why is AI Critical to Collaboration?
When you listen to the news and predictions of millions of people losing their jobs to robots and AI, this is really not new, it has been happening for the last 20 years. Although it will displace some workers, my guess is that many of those workers can be retrained to do things computers and…
Wearables and Collaboration
“Wearable Technology: The Next Frontier”. The panel was composed of a number of experts: Yeves Behar from Jawbone, Mike Bell from Intel, Justin Butler from Misfit and Monish Perkash from Lumo Body Tech. Although the moderator asked great questions, as did the audience at the end of the session, no one talked about collaboration. The post Wearables and Collaboration appeared first on .
The WHY of Collaboration?
Most companies today tell customers how and what, but not why because often they don’t know the why or can’t articulate it. This is something I have thought about for a while. Why do I do this, why have I focused on collaboration for most of my career? My answer is “I believe I can make the world a better place, one collaborative interaction at a time.”
Where Can You Apply Collaborative Leverage?
Collaborative leverage is a concept which talks about optimum performance in a process that utilizes some aspect of collaboration. It is the ability to apply the right technology to the right process at the right time with the right people. Below are the six areas we found in any size and type of company that have collaborative leverage. I have included the department, an example of where and how it can be used and what the benefit may be.
