Last week was spent at the IBM InterConnect and Green Data Center conferences in Las Vegas and San Diego respectively. At each…
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The CMO is not replacing the CIO and here’s why
Three years ago, Gartner predicted that by 2017, the CMO (chief marketing officer) would spend more on IT than the CIO. This…
Read MoreHow Couchsurfing became the Friendster of the sharing economy
Before there was Uber, Lyft, or Airbnb, there was Couchsurfing. For a certain sect of millennials — say, those entering college between…
Read MoreNo, you really do need a CIO…and now!
For those that follow my writing, this post may have a familiar ring to it. Unfortunately, there is a reason I’m writing…
Read MoreCalling for a new style of leadership
Stowe Boyd, the curator for Gigaom Research’s social coverage, has some forceful words on the need for a new style of technology/digital…
Read MoreThe shadow CIO
Most sizable enterprises are experiencing the phenomenon of shadow IT, whereby non-IT departments are taking advantage of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings to bring…
Read MoreCustomer service only comes from the top
Customer expectations are rising, but companies are failing to meet them. That’s what the folks at Zendesk are reporting with their latest…
Read MoreWhere does the buck stop on technology risk?
According to two Deloitte directors writing in USA Today, the 48% of enterprise boards of directors that have a risk committee may…
Read MoreThe cultural bias against creatives as leaders
A 2010 study of 1,500 CEOs by IBM yielded a few large insights. One was that over 60% believed that creativity is…
Read MoreFollowing the money: What Carl Icahn sees in Netflix
Carl Icahn is clearly betting he can force Netflix into a sale that will produce a windfall for his stake. But if that doesn't work he will almost certainly go after the cash Reed Hastings is now spending in Latin America and Europe.…
Read MoreToday in Connected Consumer
Unless you were an investor, there hasn’t been much reason to tune into Yahoo earnings calls recently. But today’s Q2 call at…
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