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.
AWS Certifications Increase Tech Pay Up To $12K A Year
AWS and Google certifications are among the most lucrative in North America, paying average salaries of $129,868 and $147,357 respectively. Cross-certifying on AWS is providing a $12K salary bump to IT professionals who already have Citrix and Red Hat/Linux certifications today Globally, four of the five top-paying certifications are in cloud computing. These and many […]
10 Charts That Will Change Your Perspective Of Amazon’s Patent Growth
Since 2010 Amazon has grown its patent portfolio from less than 1,000 active patents in 2010 to nearly 10,000 in 2019, a ten-fold increase in less than a decade. Amazon heavily cites Microsoft, IBM, and Alphabet, with 39%, 32% and 28% of Amazon’s total Patent Asset Index Amazon’s patent portfolio is dominated by Cloud Computing, […]
Roadmap To Zero Trust For Small Businesses
Bottom Line: Small businesses don’t need to sacrifice security due to budget constraints or productivity requirements – a Zero Trust roadmap can help them keep growing and stop breaches. Having worked my way through college in a series of small businesses and having neighbors and friends who operate several today, I see how cloud, databases, and […]
Top 10 IoT Startups Of 2019 According To IoT Analytics
IoT startups have received $3.6B in funding this year alone, according to IoT Analytics’ estimates. Manufacturing is attracting the highest percentage of vertically-focused IoT startups at 30%. 43% of all IoT startups are founded in North America, the leading region globally of startup activity. 7 of the top 10 IoT startups primarily focus on AI, […]
Why AI Is The Future Of Cybersecurity
61% of enterprises say they cannot detect breach attempts today without the use of AI technologies. 48% say their budgets for AI in cybersecurity will increase by an average of 29% in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. Breach attempts are proliferating with Cisco reporting that in 2018, they blocked seven trillion threats on behalf of their customers. […]
Passwords Are The Weakest Defense In A Zero Trust World
90% of security professionals have witnessed security incidents stemming from the theft of credentials, according to a recent MobileIron study conducted by IDG. 86% of CIO, CISO and Security VPs would abandon password authentication if they could. Another survey by EMA found that mobile devices secured by biometric authentication methods present the best option for […]
10 Charts That Will Change Your Perspective Of AI In Marketing
Top-performing companies are more than twice as likely to be using AI for marketing (28% vs. 12%) according to Adobe’s latest Digital Intelligence Briefing. Retailers are investing $5.9B this year in AI-based marketing and customer service solutions to improve shoppers’ buying experiences according to IDC. Financial Services marketers lead all other industries in AI application adoption, with 37% […]
What’s Next For You? How AI Is Transforming Talent Management
Bottom Line: Taking on the talent crisis with greater intelligence and insight, delivering a consistently excellent candidate experience, and making diversity and inclusion a part of their DNA differentiates growing businesses who are attracting and retaining employees. The book What’s Next For You? by Ashutosh Garg, CEO and Co-Founder and Kamal Ahluwalia, President of eightfold.ai provide valuable insights and a data-driven roadmap […]
Indeed’s 10 Most Popular AI & Machine Learning Jobs This Year
AI and Machine Learning job postings on Indeed rose 29.10% over the last year between May 2018 and May 2019. Machine Learning and Deep Learning Engineers are the most popular jobs posted on Indeed between 2018 and 2019. Machine Learning Engineers are earning an average salary of $142,858.57 in 2019 based on an analysis of […]
Salesforce Now Has Over 19% Of The CRM Market
Salesforce dominated the worldwide CRM market with a 19.5% market share in 2018, over double its nearest rival, SAP, at 8.3% share. Worldwide spending on customer experience and relationship management (CRM) software grew 15.6% to reach $48.2B in 2018. 72.9% of CRM spending was on software as a service (SaaS) in 2018, which is expected […]
