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Incumbents aren’t always incumbent. The case of Employee Communications.
Don’t be afraid of the establishment A start-up leader told me the other day that they didn‘t want to go into a market category because they reckon the big established vendors own that space. I told them they were wrong. Sure the big vendors are very successful there, but no one owns a market category […]
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The Top 20 Machine Learning Startups To Watch In 2021
There are a record number of 9,977 machine learning startups and companies in Crunchbase today, an 8.2% increase over the 9,216 startups listed in 2020 and a 14.6% increase over the 8,705 listed in 2019. Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning (ML)-related companies received a record $27.6 billion in funding in 2020, according to Crunchbase. […]
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Burning Platform: The future of “as a service”
Burning Platform: The future of “as a service” In the 39th (yesterday) and 40th (today) episode of the series we have Phil Wainewright of Diginomica and Jeff Kaplan of THINKstrategies, two of the pioneering influencers in the SaaS/cloud marketplace. In…
Event Report: Google Cloud Industries Analyst Day
Event Report: Google Cloud Industries Analyst Day Google Cloud Has Hired A Brain Trust Of Industry Vertical Leaders On March 31st, 2021, Google Cloud hosted an industry vertical analyst roundtable. Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian, opened up the day with a warm introduction on the role industries will play in the growth of Google Cloud. […]
Burning Platform: 25 years of “as a service”
In the 39th (today) and 40th (tomorrow) episode of the series we have Phil Wainewright of Diginomica and Jeff Kaplan of THINKstrategies, two of the pioneering influencers in the SaaS/cloud marketplace. In part 1 below, we take a walk down…
How The Pandemic Is Accelerating Endpoint Security’s Growth
76% of enterprises increased their use of endpoint devices since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting their remote, work-from-home (WFH) and hybrid workforces globally. 66% of enterprises believe securing their networks and infrastructure requires a more focused, proactive approach to endpoint resilience that doesn’t leave endpoint security to chance. Cybersecurity leader’s top challenges today […]
The Top 20 Cybersecurity Startups To Watch In 2021
Cybersecurity, privacy and security startups have raised $1.9 billion in three months this year, on pace to reach $7.6 billion or more in 2021, over four times more than was raised throughout 2010 ($1.7 billion), according to a Crunchbase Pro query today. 22,156 startups who either compete in or rely on cybersecurity, security and privacy […]
10 things to think about, if you want to be a more successful and genuine person in this emerging economy
It’s been quite the year hasn’t it, folks! I don’t know about you, but this has proven to be a voyage of self-discovery for me personally as we build businesses that can thrive in a world where it doesn’t matter where you are anymore, where the rules of the game are being re-written in a […]
A Tip of the Hat to Grid On Their Launch Day
It’s not every day you hear about a startup in Iceland, founded by a guy whose last company was a data marketplace that he sold to Qlik. And it’s a small world when a friend and fellow board member had independently discovered the same tool and built a simple agreement for future equity (SAFE) calculator […]
Enterprise La La Land
I wrote last week we would likely hear more detail around application modules and customers and subsidiaries to explain Larry Ellison’s claim during his earnings call about Oracle snatching customers from SAP SAP’s DJ Paoni’s responded “Of the 100 or…
The Rise Of The Digital Executives
Digital Leaders and Their Efforts Take a Front Seat in the Post-Pandemic Era When the pandemic impacted businesses a year ago, most brands and enterprises scrambled to accelerate digital transformation efforts. These “digital” efforts ranged from rekindling digital channel projects to doubling down on digital channels to even accelerating subscription business models. Often led […]
What Enterprises Need to Plan for In 2021 When It Comes to Endpoint Security
Bottom Line: Today’s largely-distributed enterprises need to make sure they are putting endpoint security first in 2021– which includes closely managing every stage of the device lifecycle, from deployment to decommission, and ensuring all sensitive data remains protected. There’s a looming paradox facing nearly every organization today of how they’ll secure thousands of remote endpoints […]
The Pandemic Is Teaching Enterprises How To Mind The Cybersecurity Gap
30% of US and UK remote workers say their organizations don’t require them to use a secure access tool, including VPN, to log into corporate databases and systems, according to Ivanti’s 2021 Secure Consumer Cyber Report. Plus, 25% of remote workers in the US and UK aren’t required to have specific security software running on […]
How To Digitally Transform Talent Management For The Better
Bottom Line: CHROs and the HR teams they lead need to commit to keep learning and adopting digital technologies that help improve how they hire, engage and retain talent if they’re going to stay competitive. Driven by the urgency to keep connected with employees, customers and suppliers, McKinsey’s recent Covid-19 survey finds global organizations are […]
How LogicMonitor Buying Airbrake Unleashes DevOps To Do What They Do Best
Bottom Line: LogicMonitor knows first-hand how much pressure DevOps teams are under to produce high-quality code in record time during the pandemic. Acquiring Airbrake proves they get it: DevOps has a high need for speed right now. LogicMonitor Aims To Solve Today’s DevOps Paradox The pandemic is forcing every business to make DevOps a core […]
10 Ways Cybersecurity Can Protect COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chains
The Pharma industry has lost $14 billion through Intellectual Property (IP) cyber theft worldwide much of it focused on vaccine development, according to the United Kingdom Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance. 53% of pharmaceutical IP thefts and related breaches are carried out by someone with insider access also according to the United Kingdom […]
Business
- How FinancialForce Is Using AI To Fight Revenue Leakage
- How A Startup Uses AI To Help You Find The Market Research You Need
- 10 Ways AI And Machine Learning Are Improving Marketing In 2021
- Securing Machine Identities Needs To Be A Top Cybersecurity Goal In 2021
- 10 Charts That Will Change Your Perspective Of Microsoft Azure’s Growth
- SAP acquiring Signavio is a cheap play to migrate enterprises onto S4/HANA. Instead it just handed the market to Celonis
- The Analyst Cam: RISE with SAP
- Workday and Peakon. My take.
- SAP acquiring @Signavio into Business Process Intelligence unit
- 76% Of Enterprises Prioritize AI & Machine Learning In 2021 IT Budgets
Startup Lessons
- 10 Ways AI Is Improving Cannabis Yields And Security
- Research Report: Inside Constellation’s 2020 Enterprise Awards
- 12 Cybersecurity CEOs On What Each Learned Leading During The Pandemic
- The Key to Branding Success: Staying in Character
- 5 Interesting Learnings from Slack at $1B in ARR
- Marketing Targeting: It’s Not Just Where You Fish, It’s What You Put on the Hook
- Centrify’s New CEO Has A Compelling Vision For The Future Of Cybersecurity
- On the Perils of Taking Advice from Successful Business People
- Marketing Exists to Make Sales Easier
- Machines Protecting Themselves Is The Future Of Cybersecurity
Technology / Software
- Burning Platform: A review of RISE with SAP
- Partner Post: How AI, BI, and DevOps will shape businesses in 2021
- CRM Watchlist 2022: Yes, the Watchlist is back
- Top 10 Tech Job Skills Predicted To Grow The Fastest In 2021
- Event Report: The #CES2021 Preview – What’s Hot And Useful In The Enterprise
- Dissecting The SolarWinds Hack For Greater Insights With A Cybersecurity Evangelist
- The Best Tech Companies For Remote Jobs In 2021 According To Glassdoor
- Software Dominates Deloitte’s 2020 Tech Fast 500 With 71% Of All Companies
- News Analysis: Celonis Launches Ecosystem Management System
- Burning Platform: Wall Street and Enterprise Software
Trends & Concepts
- A Business Lifeboat Strategy
- What Are The Fastest Growing Cybersecurity Skills In 2021?
- 83% Of Enterprises Transformed Their Cybersecurity In 2020
- Absolute’s CEO Christy Wyatt On The Future Of Endpoint Security
- What’s New In Gartner’s Hype Cycle For AI, 2020
- How An AI Platform Is Matching Employees And Opportunities
- What’s New In Gartner’s Hype Cycle For Endpoint Security, 2020
- Why Digital Transformation Always Needs To Start With Customers First
- Where AIOps Is Delivering Results Today
- 5 Ways Machine Learning Can Thwart Phishing Attacks
Partner Posts
- Top 5 HR strategies for small businesses
- Work smarter with these intelligent features in Zoho Projects
- How to promote gender equality in your organization
- How Show’s industry-specific templates simplify business presentations
- Introducing Custom Portals in Zoho Recruit
- ProTips: 5 no-brainer ways to improve business sales calls
- Say goodbye to endless CCs and BCCs and hello to a shared inbox
- Password security 101: Why you need a password manager and how to select one
