01Apr
The asphyctic quantum industry
Quantum computing is hampered by R&D challenges and a skills shortage that could slow its entry into industry and society for decades.
05Mar
The Coming Manufacturing CIO Automation Hangover
Thanks to COVID, manufacturing companies have been investing in automation at a record level over the last twelve months. Management consultancy McKinsey reports that in a survey of 800 executives 67% say they are increasing their automation investments either somewhat or significantly. The business journal The Economist reports that automation investment nearly doubled in 2020…
31Jan
Prediction 2021: Business IT
My prediction is that business IT cannot handle the truth of re-globalized business, especially for the next couple of years. When COVID-19 broke supply chains, it became clear that the so-called globalized business still relied on consolidated, massive financial, industrial and commercial centers, connected by traditional, sequential supply chains. It was âglobalâ because the centers…
26Jan
Prediction 2021: Innovation in Conferencing Technology
Just as end users led many organizations to Zoom in 2020, they will likely vote with their feet for video-conferencing platforms that are more enjoyable to use in 2021. Look for innovations such as – participants âshare the stageâ instead of having to talk over one another, real-time captioning helps overcome the garbled audio, invitations…
14Jan
Prediction 2021: Manufacturing Digital Transformation Balderdash
Despite COVID-driven tech investment, many manufacturers will fail at digital transformation through 2022. COVID has accelerated many manufacturerâs investments in technology such as robotics, automation, augmented reality/virtual reality ( AR/VR), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML), and advanced analytics much more than predicted at the beginning of 2020. Despite this rush to technology…
08Jan
Fintech Blockchain Prediction: 2023 – Global Adoption Exceeds 70%
CEO’s top technology priority in 2021 is blockchain, especially in the fintech sector. Five blockchain opportunities revolutionize banking and financial services for business and central banks’ adoption. As more emerging/new fintech blockchain services are available for adoption, existing financial services will require refresh/retro-fit upgrades. Banks, credit unions, and financial services must revolutionize their traditional services to be relevant within five years!
23Dec
Prediction 2021: Few telcos will Keep Up with the Elite Adopters of AI
Itâs not just AI, of course. Itâs the effects of the combination of the intertwining of analytics, automation and AI (A3) and the different ways and paces various telcos experiment with and embrace the revolutions that A3 will bring. The differences in ways and paces will create three new and different classes of telcos â…
07Dec
Salesforce: Where’s the Payback for Slack?
Salesforce is buying collaborative software vendor Slack to counter two massive threats, and to grow business. Salesforce might succeed in countering some of one threat and more of the second. I am more optimistic about Salesforce using Slack to develop enough business data to pay for the $28B price tag, possibly within three to five…
26Nov
AI verticals on the horizon?
Harsh criticisms of the scientific foundations of AI are accumulating and the trend sped up steeply in 2020. This may delay AI deployment by some years but it will do the technology (and you) well.
05Nov
Why IBMâs Spin-off is Off by 180 Degrees
IBMâs strategic rationale behind its recently-announced re-organization is a repositioning that enables the firm to profit the most from increasingly complex, multi-cloud, hybridized business IT environments. This is exactly the kind of thinking that IBM needs to survive and thrive. A solid rethinking and reinvention of IBM has been in order for several…