• BrandPost: Do You Have the Right Skill Set in Place for Cloud?

    Our Question: Do most enterprises have an existing IT skill set to effectively realize the benefits of cloud computing, or do they utilize outside expertise?  If they utilize outside expertise, what type(s) of experts are most in demand? We reached out to key influencers to get their feedback and discuss.Responses: “Most enterprises have adopted some form of Cloud Computing engagement in the past 5 years which has driven demand for new on-premise or outsourced IT skill sets,” s
  • IDG Contributor Network: 3 ways printing innovation is reshaping global supply chains

    In today’s digital era, business leaders can manage, customize, automate and connect various steps of their printing processes in ways they couldn’t imagine a few years ago. Whether it was textiles, publishing or graphic design, traditional printing methods invariably involved multiple steps, companies and individuals to get a single job done. This made it not only time consuming to do anything more than a simple, large batch run, but costly as well.Today, however, with advances in
  • IDG Contributor Network: Agile sprints for better vendor management

    Agile is now being used far beyond its original purpose, which was software development. We see organizations apply Agile methodology to any project or program where the end result is a continual work in progress.Come to think of it, my son and I use an Agile approach when we go fishing. We know we want to catch a bunch of fish, but we don’t know what kind or where, so we move our canoe around the lake all day based on our success in each spot, wind direction, time of day, and other facto
  • IDG Contributor Network: AI enters its next act with inspections

     A perennial controversy surrounds artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs. Will AI take away our jobs, leaving us unemployed? While some jobs will indeed change or disappear—as they have always done and will continue to do—AI can also be a human force multiplier in business applications where we humans are still under-delivering.One set of jobs recently added to the endangered species list--so to speak--consists of collecting, storing and analyzing terabytes of drone footage of
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  • JLL is digitally transforming the office space

    From farm-to-table catering to pet care and dry cleaning, corporate offices operated by Silicon Valley titans such as Google and Facebook have forced commercial real estate companies to up their game. Nowhere is this more apparent than at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), which is pairing mobile software with sensors, analytics and other technologies to woo clients craving the digital amenities today’s workers require.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  • IT as a product: Rethinking IT service delivery

    CarMax has been a driving force in the used car industry, but when it came to speed in innovation, its IT group needed more horsepower.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)

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