“ IT maintenance, change control, PC troubleshooting, etc. shouldn’t be part of a CTO’s daily responsibilities. Hiring someone in the PC helpdesk or AWS field helps immensely offload daily tasks and IT-related issues. While IT should be under the purview of the CTO, execution is rarely achievable while planning strategically with other executive team members. […]
“ Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are just the tip of the iceberg when looking at the cord-cutting movement. Major disruption is afoot as it pertains to cable TV and the broadcast TV model. In recent years, this market has slowly crumbled and fought against streaming services. It won’t be streaming that kills TV; it will be […]
“ Water runoff is one of the most important things a city can focus on. Not only does it directly impact its local drinking water, it impacts the experience within a city during times of poor weather. Focusing on smart drainage systems and filtration, cities could drastically improve the local living conditions. ~ Tom Roberto […]
“ Ground transportation has always been in second place to air travel. The airline business has stagnated since the 1960s and this vertical is ripe for change. Transportation of people in a quick and more humane way over long distances is the goal. Everything from manufacturing to actual flight is due for an overhaul. Technology will […]
#1 Answer According to Forbes Tech Council… “ Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, and Cortana have paved the way for exceptional voice recognition and natural response. This technology is leaps and bounds better than anything the telecom industry has produced vis-à-vis interactive voice response (IVR). Access to this technology means more natural customer service help via […]
“ Humans, to date, have been the smartest beings to walk the surface of the planet. We’ve been at the top of the food chain and thus controlled the world around us. AI presents us with the conundrum of an independent intelligence much greater than our own. It’s natural to ponder what it will be […]
“ A functional and mature software package will have an extended life in the marketplace. Things like Gmail and Outlook are fundamental for organizations. When the user community begins implementing mods, hacks or advanced extensions for your platform, it typically means the user base is unhappy with the feature set or trying to extend shelf-life. This should […]
“ Amazon has changed the lives of mothers, tech departments and families alike. The company’s offering permeates every area of life at home and work. The only thing that will stop its growth is losing the trust of its users. Amazon has an exceptionally difficult task in keeping users engaged with reliability, ease and trust. […]
“ With services such as Salesforce, Microsoft Azure and G-Suite, companies should pay specific attention to optional feature-sets. Multi-factor authentication, data encryption, and validation rules are all free features you can enable to help secure access and data storage. Today’s cloud services make security very easy, but your deployment needs to be investigated to ensure you’re […]
“ Swapping legacy tech solutions is one of the hardest things an enterprise will do. Beyond mechanical and programmatic changes, people’s workflow becomes the main issue. Apprehension, resistance and internal labor is almost always left out of a deployment strategy. If this isn’t addressed, it will always result in poor follow-through and “legacy creep.” Start with the user […]
