VMware held their annual conference a few weeks back. This conference was rebranded from VMworld to VMware Explore and held in San Francisco. While there were a number of announcements at the conference, a few things stuck out. VMware is well known…
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Who is leading who in technology?
This post is a long time coming. In the past few weeks, it has come to a point. Since the start of the year, I have taken part in a number of conversations with fellow CIOs, vendors and those in…
The case for HPC in the enterprise
Right off the bat some may balk at the thought that High Performance Computing (HPC) has a place in the enterprise. While that may have been the case in the past where it was relegated to academic and research organizations,…
Stop serving me butter pasta. I ordered mac and cheese.
Classic Boxed Mac and Cheese in a White Bowl Does this sound familiar? Those of you with little ones may relate. But it also represents to a scenario playing out right now between B2B vendors and customers…again and again. This…
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Salesforce bridges the customer engagement gap for growth at Dreamforce
Last week was Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco with a whopping 170,000+ attendees. Even so, what were the key takeaways? Today, many enterprises are either Salesforce customers and follow the space closely as it pertains to a key element…
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These four things will close the gap between the CMO & CIO
The landscape for marketers is shifting dramatically. In order for marketers to be successful, they must rely on technology and data. The bottom line is that the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) needs the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and vice versa.…
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Digital Transformation requires intimate knowledge of the business
Moving to a digital enterprise is not a trivial task. It is neither a journey nor a destination. The shift for an enterprise to embrace digital requires a cohesive effort on multiple levels. Technology plays a role, but only…
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Changing the language of IT: 3 things that start with the CIO
The Information Technology (IT) organization is going through a significant transformation. The transformation itself is not only disruptive, but confusing for many of the stakeholders including IT leadership, IT staff and those outside of the IT organization. Three years ago,…
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