Infor: a fork in the road
Congratulations to Infor for the new funding and potentially more when they go IPO. Here is today’s announcement: “Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced an agreement to receive a $1.5 billion investment from shareholders Koch Equity Development, LLC (KED) and Golden Gate Capital. This investment builds on KED’s investment […]
Oracle’s stretch goal for its applications?
Mark Hurd tells Bloomberg “In fact, the highest application percentage of any company in any segment is sort of mid-20s. This generation will see a leader that’s much more material than that, and I volunteer us to do it.” I would love to see that. Listening to Mark Hurd at Oracle OpenWorld I wrote “After two decades of […]
Accenture, IBM, Capgemini and Wipro lead the first application services Top 10
So it’s now 2019, and HFS’ Ollie O’Donoghue and Jamie Snowdon waste no time in the world of the new feisty Top 10 methodology, where they take no prisoners in ranking how the leading application development and management service providers performed… The market continues to test and experiment with new frameworks and methodologies. The most notable are […]
Microsoft Leads The AI Patent Race Going Into 2019
There have been over 154,000 AI patents filed worldwide since 2010 with the majority being in health fields (29.5%), Industry-specific solutions (25.3%) and AI-based digital security (15.7%). AI-based marketing patents are the fasting growing global category, reaching a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 29.3% between 2010 and 2018. The second- and third-fastest growing global […]
6 Best Practices For Increasing Security In AWS In A Zero Trust World
Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported $6.6B in revenue for Q3, 2018 and $18.2B for the first three fiscal quarters of 2018. AWS revenue achieved an impressive 46% year-over-year net sales growth between Q3, 2017 and Q3, 2018 and 49% year-over-year growth for the first three quarters of the year. AWS’ 34% market share is more significant […]
Impressions #1 (2019): Random thoughts on the customer-facing world in the new year
I have a lot on my mind. Some of it wouldn’t make a PG-13 rating. What is here will, and they are small observations about our industry to begin the new year. E-commerce, business as a force for change, vendor movements, B2B, B2C, the best acquisitions, and, of course, the inimitable Steven Wright.
Seven Implications to Adopting Multimodal On-Demand Mobility
On-demand mobility services continue to evolve fast. New solutions are introduced constantly to address changes in consumer urban transportation tastes, or address shortcomings of existing offerings. Consumers demand for personalized transportation solutions that are affordable, convenient, and safe has led to the rapid growth of ride-hailing. But in cities where it is most popular, single […]
Kellblog Predictions for 2019
Because I’ve been quite busy of late with the sale of my company, I’m doing a somewhat quicker and lighter (if not later) version of my annual predictions post. Here goes, starting with a review of last year’s predictions. 2018 Kellblog Predictions Review 1. We will again continue to see a level of divisiveness and social discord […]
Which Analytics And BI Technologies Will Be The Highest Priority In 2019?
82% of enterprises are prioritizing analytics and BI as part of their budgets for new technologies and cloud-based services. 54% say AI, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are also a high investment priority. 50% of enterprises say their stronger focus on metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) company-wide are a major driver of […]
Conversational AI goes mainstream at Capital One bank
Capital One is one of the largest banks in the world, with revenue over $27 billion. They are also behind the ubiquitous “What’s in your wallet?” television commercials. To take a deep dive, I invited Capital One’s head of conversational AI, Ken Dodelin, as my guest on the CXOTalk series of conversations with business and […]
