15Feb
Profiting from Quantum in five years?
On the prospects of Quantum Computing-enabled business in the midterm, somewhat overstated by a recent McKinsey report.
12Feb
Will virus drive world recession? #Thansyn
Note: here is a new action-oriented article that incorporates this material by reference. The coronavirus has killed over 1,300 people thus far[1]. Loss of life and other human costs — think of the guests and crew quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship off Yokahama[2] — are far more important than commercial implications. Headlines Nonetheless,…
05Feb
What Does Koch Industries Acquisition of Infor Really Mean?
On February 4, 2020, Koch Industries announced it had acquired the remaining 30% of enterprise software company Infor making it the sole owner. Golden Gate Capital had primarily held those remaining shares. Koch has been investing in Infor for the last several years, increasing its share to 70% last year. Given that Koch has had…
27Jan
Are you a Digital Enterprise? (Part one)
The bombardment of “Digital Transformation” imperatives is generating confusion and cross purposes for enterprises. Digital transformation means different things, depending on who you talk to. Analysts, like myself, assert (see this prediction) that organizations need to transform their digital capabilities and approaches now to compete in the future. But digital transformation is the tip of…
23Jan
It’s Time to Demystify OT, What a CxO Needs to Know
In my first Analyst Syndicate post, I talked about the ongoing IT-OT civil war and why a CIO or other tech-related CxO needs to actively address the issue to get the most from Digital Transformation. The questions that blog raises has prompted this blog post about what the roots of the tribalism Prediction 2020 revealed…
20Jan
Anyone can make a prediction but how good are they?
Predictions of things past are far easier than predictions of the future. Most predictions are more likely wrong than right. Learn from that experience.
07Jan
Predictions 2020: RPA Projects Will Strike Gold
By 2025, one third of robotic process automation (RPA) projects will reveal opportunities to accelerate and diversify revenues, but over half of those opportunities will be missed by obsessive focus on the bottom line.
01Jan
Prediction 2020: The IT-OT civil war remains the CIO’s biggest impediment to digital transformation.
For at least the next three years, CIOs in manufacturing and asset-intensive industries will not be able to avoid the wreckage the IT-OT civil war is causing. This will block enterprises from realizing the full value of their digital transformation investments.
20Dec
Prediction 2020: On-Site Security/First-Responder Drones
By 2025, first-responder drones operated by facilities management entities will be commonplace across residential and commercial complexes.