Wayne Sadin and Bob Evans discuss layoffs in the tech industry, and the opportunity this presents for “traditional” companies to go digital.
Manufacturing
Wayne shares two stories from the manufacturing and financial services industries that demonstrate the perils of taking conflicting data at face value.
Using the retail and appliance industry as examples, Janet explains how the Metaverse can help address services issues and the customer experience in new ways.
Kieron writes about how IKEA, Threadless, and other companies are increasing customer engagement by co-creating with them on new products.
By distributing AI computation to local sensors and devices where the data is actually generated, Edge AI powers real-time capabilities for everything from medical devices to self-driving cars to energy grid monitoring, as Toni explains.
Acceleration Economy analyst and Paragon Films CIO Kenny Mullican looks at how AI-enabled intelligent process automation can be applied in a manufacturing industry context.
The digitalization of the world’s major industries continues to accelerate as one of the world’s major automotive companies is creating, in concert with Google Cloud, a “software-defined vehicle” with full-scale, digital-twin capabilities as Renault Group now bills itself as “a tech company.”
CIO and analyst Kenny Mullican explains how to find the right partners for technology initiatives that require a collaborative co-creation approach.
In this Cloud Wars Expo Moment, Oracle GVP Jeff Stiles says a unified process must be in place from the initial product record through the point of sale and service delivery.
For many, blockchain is inseparable from Bitcoin — but hold onto that viewpoint and you’ll risk falling behind. Blockchain technology goes way beyond cryptocurrency, into areas such as identity security, supply chain, IoT, and governance.
Kyndryl allies with Google Cloud to help customers move their mainframe applications to the cloud; it also deepens its Microsoft partnership.
In My Metaverse Minute, Ep. 176, Kieron considers how Apple is using its branding strategy to distinguish itself within the Metaverse.
In this Cloud Wars Expo moment, Guy Bursell shares real-world examples that demonstrate how Microsoft tech is used in immersive industrial Metaverse initiatives.
Bob Evans explains why he thinks that Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff’s recent comments on customers’ reverse-offshoring initiatives were “ill-considered, out of place, inappropriate, and wildly naïve.”
In this Cloud Wars Expo Moment, Robert Merlo shares how SAP applications helped a mining company save money through better employee management
In this Cloud Wars Expo Moment, Suvajit Basu shares an example of how the food company’s CEO made informed, bold choices about its future.
From cost-cutting to talent retention, Kieron explores a few areas where organizations can find strategic value when entering the Metaverse.
In this Cloud Wars Expo Moment, Colin Masson explains how Microsoft Cloud helps manufacturers tackle everything creating smart factory applications to supply chain issues.
Many companies are already using AI in an operational capacity, but it must be used effectively, particularly on business processes where it can have a tangible impact, says a new report from IBM’s Institute for Business Value.
Automation of everything from vaccine distribution to manufacturing to hiring is paying big dividends. Our analysts share their perspectives.