Today, the Analyst Syndicate is thrilled to announce its ranking as the 20th largest analyst firm by ARInsights. The ranking is determined by the number of analysts in each firm of the hundreds in the industry. ARInsights’ market-leading product, ARchitect, provides the platform on which leading technology companies have built their successful Analyst Relations programs, from one-person AR…
The global pandemic and resulting economic contraction are likely to have an impact on your IT budget. As revenue expectations change, budgets are adjusted accordingly. While some businesses have seen increased revenues, most are facing challenges of falling sales and uncertain near-term prospects. In either case, the budget may be scrutinized for a reduction or…
In the post “The Missing T: Why OT & IT Are Not Enough in Manufacturing,” I made the argument that CIOs need to better engage with the engineering community. I postulated CIOs need to elevate engineering technology (ET) to the same prominence as operational technology (OT) and traditional business information technology (IT). The rise of…
Paradoxically, one of the areas of IT cost takeout and recovery that we see enterprise clients most interested in pursuing is business process outsourcing (BPO) – which tends to be adopted in order to reduce operational and IT costs. But as businesses rethink how they work, BPO is ripe for rethinking as well. Many opportunities…
In a far-reaching and candid interview after IBM’s #THINK2020 digital event, Rob and I discussed his insights into what’s happening with AI in the enterprise and where the biggest long-term impacts will be.  My summary of Rob’s insights Learn more from the interview itself, below. Too many companies confuse consumer-grade and business-grade AI. Companies have…
Manufacturing CIO’s have a casual relationship with engineering or product design elements of the business. ERP systems have had some degree of integration with product lifecycle management (PLM) systems but they have mostly thought of these systems merely as a data source. A black box in their enterprise architecture. They have no intrinsic understanding of…
IBM shared updates and insights on its IBM Garage digital transformation program this week with industry analysts. It was a useful update, and clarified much about a program that has not gained the recognition – and promotion – that it deserves. I believe that the program is solid, well-managed, and provides excellent value to customers…
A centuries-old military aphorism claims that “all battles occur at the edges where two maps meet.” The implication is that the most critical aspect of combat takes place where details are lacking, and control is limited at best. IBM gets this, and it is the reason behind their critical edge computing announcements at last week’s…
Zoom 5.0 video conference service (VS) is not safe for most businesses due to ongoing data security risks! During the COVID-19 tidal wave, many millions in the workforce had to work at home, if possible. Many organizations needed to stand up missing video conferencing services fast. Growing numbers of remote workers adopted Zoom’s no/low cost,…
The industry is finally owning up to the lack of broadscale, enterprise-wide adoption of AI-enhanced applications. Here’s why.
