Maybe this will spur SAP?
I honestly cannot remember the last time SAP showed in the lower left quadrant – for niche players – in a Gartner MQ. But in the latest MQ for “Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large and Global Enterprises” , it does. That has to be a concern because SAP has been positioning S/4HANA, […]
Don’t confuse chatbots with artificial intelligence
I have been taking a look at the various chatbot platforms – and something struck me about how we’ve got away from some of the original beauty of chat as UI. The problem is the focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning, as if every bot had to pass a Turing Test. But they really […]
IBM’s cognitive, AI and ML with @bigdata_paulz at BigDataTO
I’ve been passing on a lot of conferences lately – just too many trips to Vegas for my liking, and insufficient value for my time – but tend to drop in on ones that happen in Toronto, where I live. This week, it’s Big Data Toronto, held in conjunction with Connected Plus and AI Toronto. […]
How Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionizing Enterprise Software In 2017
81% of IT leaders are currently investing in or planning to invest in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Cowen predicts AI will drive user productivity to materially higher levels, with Microsoft at the forefront. Digital Marketing/Marketing Automation, Salesforce Automation (CRM) and Data Analytics are the top three areas ripe for AI/ML adoption. According to angel.co, there are […]
Are ERP vendors in touch with a changing services economy?
UNIT4 had an analyst day last week. FinancialForce is hosting its user conference this week. I missed both due to other commitments but I see lots of tweets from fellow analysts. Good to see both vendors, focused on service sectors, get the attention. The services sector has been on my mind for several gut-wrenching changes […]
Minimum Viable Architecture – good enough is good enough in an enterprise
Minimum Viable Architecture — Good Enough is Good Enough in a Startup from Randy Shoup Randy recently shared this great set of slides, which summarises a bunch of experience in scaling Web companies. My only quibble would be the title – in that the lessons are just as relevant to modern enterprise IT. One […]
Artificial intelligence and privacy engineering: Why it matters NOW
The growth of AI and large data sets pose great risks to privacy. Two top experts explain the issues to help your company manage this crucial part of the technology landscape.
How AWS And Azure Competing Is Improving Public Cloud Adoption
Public Cloud spending is predicted to grow at quickly, attaining 16% year-over-year growth in 2017. Cowen’s AWS segment model is predicting Revenue and EBITDA to grow 25% and 26.8% annually from 2017 to 2022. Microsoft Azure is viewed as the platform that customers would most likely purchase or renew going forward (28% of total vs. […]
The race to own the pipeline. Atlassian ain’t playin–introducing DevOps Marketplace
The play to become the standard industry backplane play for Pipelines and DevOps – integrating tools across the application lifecycle, ALM 2.0 if you like – is heating up. Atlassian launched DevOps Marketplace and the list of launch partners is impressively comprehensive. The vendors above represent a who’s who of modern dev and ops tooling […]
Augmented reality: Field service proof points in the enterprise
A demonstration at Oracle’s Modern Customer Experience conference shows why augmented reality is here to stay in the enterprise. Watch AR help repair a slot machine in Las Vegas.
