5 Proven Ways Manufacturers Can Get Started With Analytics
46% of manufacturers agree that implementing and using data analytics is necessary to stay competitive and grow their businesses. 69% of manufacturing decision-makers believe analytics will be crucial for business success in 2020, with 15% considering it crucial today. 32% of manufacturers see the potential for analytics to improve supply chain performance and increase revenue. […]
A perspective on the SAP Capital Markets Day
I am a customer and market analyst and tend to not attend too many earnings calls or Wall Street presentations. But I made time to listen to the SAP presentation yesterday. It was a coming out event for the 2 new co-CEOs, Jen Morgan and Christian Klein and there has been much speculation (with a […]
A vertical that is growing…well, like a weed
I have been imploring software vendors to globalize and verticalize their applications for a while now – after two decades of cloud apps, less than 20% of the grid of applications across countries and operational processes is filled. I have been increasingly writing about fintech, shop floor, healthcare and other industry functionality. But I wasn’t […]
Financial Services Rely On BYOD – How Do They Stay Secure?
Bottom Line: 2020 is going to be the year companies launch more digital business initiatives that depend on BYOD than ever before, making Zero Trust Security a key contributor to their success. Financial Services firms are at an inflection point going into 2020. Mobile-first products and services now dominate their product roadmaps for next year, with […]
Securing Multi-Cloud Manufacturing Systems In A Zero Trust World
Bottom Line: Private equity firms are snapping up manufacturing companies at a quick pace, setting off a merger and acquisition gold rush, while leaving multi-cloud manufacturing systems unprotected in a Zero Trust world. Securing the Manufacturing Gold Rush of 2019 The intensity private equity (PE) firms have for acquiring and aggregating manufacturing businesses is creating […]
Most automation strategies are failing because they aren’t impacting customer experiences. We must broaden beyond the back office…
After the recent RPA circus acts, the process automation industry has reached its lowest ebb. Simply put, dollars were being put behind a value proposition that simply wasn’t realistic – but that doesn’t mean the market doesn’t have amazing potential. We just need to refocus (and fast) on a direction that is real and sustainable for […]
Improving Endpoint Security Needs To Be A Top Goal In 2020
Bottom Line: Attacking endpoints with AI, bots, and machine learning is gaining momentum with cybercriminals today with no signs of slowing down into 2020, making endpoint security a must-have cybersecurity goal for next year. Cyberattacks are growing more complex and difficult to prevent now and will accelerate in the future, making endpoint security a top […]
The disconnect between software buyers and vendors – about the role of SIs
In the case studies I wrote for SAP Nation 3.0 I noticed two common threads A) Customers were using SIs cautiously – the last set of experiences with SIs and outsources has made them wary. A couple even thanked me for writing the first volume and bringing out the massive cost and poor quality of […]
5 Strategies Healthcare Providers Are Using To Secure Networks
Healthcare records are bestsellers on the Dark Web, ranging in price from $250 to over $1,000 per record. The growing, profitable market for Protected Health Information (PHI) is attracting sophisticated cybercriminal syndicates, several of which are state-sponsored. Medical fraud is slower to detect and notify, unlike financial fraud (ex. stolen credit cards), contributing to its […]
Is UiPath prepping for a Microsoft sale?
We’ve been speculating for years about who will eventually buy who in this robotic software world. However, when it comes to “outright” RPA acquisitions, so far it’s only been bite-sized stuff like Pega/OpenSpan, SAP/Contextor, Blue Prism/Thoughtonomy. While there have been a lot of strategic partnerships and development initiatives between “Big Iron” software and emerging RPA firms, […]
