On Tech, Power and Responsibility. Notes from Nice
I recently gave the closing keynote address at DevOps world, hosted by CloudBees, in Nice. The conference was excellent. Jenkins is a mature technology and community, but it’s ready for change, under pressure from a raft of new entrants. Rather than digging in its heels, the community is looking to the future, admitting Jenkins’ flaws […]
Above the funnel no more
The conventional sales funnel exceeded its usefulness a long time ago, roughly when the Internet gave us the ability to gather our own information about vendors, products, and services. Without the necessity of contacting a sales person, individuals and businesses could eliminate the middle man in the information exchange, waiting to expose their interests much […]
SAP buys Qualtrics – Some quick thoughts
I saw the news on twitter yesterday night that SAP is buying Qualtrics for $8B cash – most of it financed . I am writing this blog post strictly in my personal capacity and it doesn’t represent my employer’s opinions . I have no prior knowledge of this deal. I have worked in the SAP […]
Reinventing After-Sales Service In A Subscription Economy World
91% of manufacturers are investing in predictive analytics in the next 12 months, and 50% consider Artificial Intelligence (AI) a major planned investment for 2019 to support their subscription-based business models. New subscription business models and smart, connected products are freeing manufacturers up from competing for one-time transaction revenues to recurring revenues based on subscriptions. […]
Tech Leaders Look To IoT, AI & Robotics To Fuel Growth Through 2021
30% of tech leaders globally predict blockchain will disrupt their businesses by 2021. IoT, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics have the greatest potential to digitally transform businesses, making them more customer-centered and efficient. 26% of global tech leaders say e-Commerce apps and platforms will be the most disruptive new business model in their countries by […]
How Blockchain Can Improve Manufacturing In 2019
Combining blockchain and IoT will revolutionize product safety, track-and-traceability, warranty management, Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO), and lead to new usage-based business models for smart, connected products. The business value-add of blockchain will grow to slightly more than $176B by 2025, then exceed $3.1T by 2030 according to Gartner. Typical product recalls cost $8M, and many […]
How To Protect Healthcare IoT Devices In A Zero Trust World
Healthcare executives say privacy concerns (59%), legacy system integration (55%) and security concerns (54%) are the top three barriers holding back Internet of Things (IoT) adoption in healthcare organizations today according to the Accenture 2017 Internet of Health Things Survey. Over 100M healthcare IoT devices are installed worldwide today, growing to 161M by 2020, attaining […]
Vodaphone exec talks 5G, autonomous vehicles, virtual surgery, security and more
The telecom industry is undergoing dramatic changes. As 5G service starts to roll out in a serious way next year, important new applications for business and consumer use will follow behind. From autonomous cars to remote surgery, the high bandwidth and low latency of 5G connectivity will bring unexpected changes to a host of industries. […]
IBM / RedHat: A grand play at out-sharing Microsoft’s open source economy
It’s really not about the cloud – not at this massive $34bn price tag. IBM’s ingestion of RedHat, the third largest IT purchase in history, is all about Open Source. Commentators are already pitching this deal as long-awaited reinforcements to the trench-warfare of the cloud wars. But in reality, we need to look much deeper to […]
IBM buys Redhat – a view from the peanut gallery !
Ok – few disclaimers first . I am an IBM executive and I hold some IBM stock. I had no involvement in this acquistion – I only found out when I saw it on social media yesterday afternoon. And I am not a company spokesperson – this is my personal blog and what I say […]
