Louis Columbus
Marketing and Product Management Leader, Forbes Columnist, Software Expertise in Analytics, Cloud, CPQ & ERP Solutions. Principal at IQMS, formerly with iBASEt, Cincoom, AMR Research.
How Zero Trust Security Fuels New Business Growth
Bottom Line: Zero Trust Security (ZTS) strategies enabled by Next-Gen Access (NGA) are indispensable for assuring uninterrupted digital business growth, and are proving to be a scalable security framework for streamlining onboarding and systems access for sales channels, partners, patients, and customers of fast-growing businesses. The era of Zero Trust Security is here, accelerated by […]
How To Close The Talent Gap With Machine Learning
80% of the positions open in the U.S. alone were due to attrition. On an average, it costs $5,000 to fill an open position and takes on average of 2 months to find a new employee. Reducing attrition removes a major impediment to any company’s productivity. The average employee’s tenure at a cloud-based enterprise software […]
The State Of Cloud Business Intelligence, 2018
Cloud BI adoption is soaring in 2018, nearly doubling 2016 adoption levels. Over 90% of Sales & Marketing teams say that Cloud BI is essential for getting their work done in 2018, leading all categories in the survey. 66% of organizations that consider themselves completely successful with Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives currently use the cloud. […]
What’s Missing From Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant For CPQ
Bottom line: The 2018 Magic Quadrant for Configure, Price, and Quote (CPQ) Application Suites doesn’t reflect the need for a more enterprise-wide integration across ERP, PLM and CRM systems and the need for vendors to intensify their efforts to innovate. Magic quadrants and market analysis grids are designed to guide enterprise buyers to the best possible […]
83% Of Enterprises Are Complacent About Mobile Security
89% of organizations are relying on just a single security strategy to keep their mobile networks safe. 61% report that their spending on mobile security had increased in 2017 with 10% saying it had increased significantly. Just 39% of mobile device users in enterprises change all default passwords, and only 38% use strong two-factor authentication […]
How Machine Learning Quantifies Trust & Improves Employee Experiences
Bottom Line: By enabling enterprises to scale security with user behavior-based, contextual intelligence, Next-Gen Access strategies are delivering Zero Trust Security (ZTS) enterprise-wide, enabling the fastest companies to keep growing strong. Every digital business is facing a security paradox today created by their proliferating amount of applications, endpoints and infrastructure on the one hand […]
Five Ways Machine Learning Can Save Your Company From A Security Breach Meltdown
$86B was spent on security in 2017, yet 66% of companies have still been breached an average of five or more times. Just 55% of CEOs say their organizations have experienced a breach, while 79% of CTOs acknowledge breaches have occurred. One in approximately four CEOs (24%) aren’t aware if their companies have even had a security […]
10 Ways Machine Learning Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing In 2018
Improving semiconductor manufacturing yields up to 30%, reducing scrap rates, and optimizing fab operations is achievable with machine learning. Reducing supply chain forecasting errors by 50% and lost sales by 65% with better product availability is achievable with machine learning. Automating quality testing using machine learning is increasing defect detection rates up to 90%. Bottom […]
10 Charts That Will Change Your Perspective Of Amazon Prime’s Growth
70% of Americans with incomes of $150,000 or more who shop online have Amazon Prime memberships. Amazon Prime international customers will grow at a 56% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2016 to 2018. Amazon shipped more than 5 billion items in 2017 with Prime worldwide. By 2022 there will be 56 million Amazon Prime […]
10 Ways Machine Learning Is Revolutionizing Marketing
84% of marketing organizations are implementing or expanding AI and machine learning in 2018. 75% of enterprises using AI and machine learning enhance customer satisfaction by more than 10%. 3 in 4 organizations implementing AI and machine learning increase sales of new products and services by more than 10% according to Capgemini. Measuring marketing’s many contributions […]
