pwc

How PwC fosters creative problem-solving in its growing number of Digital Experience Centres

PwC will be spending the next several months continuing to open a series of Digital Experience Centres in the U.S. and the U.K. that bring together interdisciplinary groups of experts to solve corporate challenges using virtual reality, the Internet of Things and more. The consulting firm officially opened its Toronto Digital Experience Centre on Tuesday, […]

MarTech MPB2B

Top 20 Things Heard at MarTech and MPB2B

At every conference we hear statements that stay with us for a long time; some statistics, some insightful, some inspiring, and some just downright funny (especially when taken out of context). I thought I’d share some of these heard at MarTech and MarketingProfs B2B Forum (MPB2B) last week:   “In many use cases talking to […]

common customer ID

Microsoft’s CMO Seeks Common Customer ID For All MarTech Systems

Microsoft’s CMO wants to develop a common customer identification system that would allow B2B marketers to log on to software applications from almost any vendor and ease the process of analyzing the work they do. During the closing keynote of Uberflip’s The Content Experience in Toronto on Wednesday, Grad Conn showed a screenshot of all […]

machine learning algorithms

Forrester VP: Enterprises won’t win with AI, unless . . .

Companies need to start looking beyond packaged software from vendors and redesign their own applications to incorporate machine learning algorithms if they want to make artificial intelligence a viable business tool, a Forrester analyst warned the Enterprise World conference this week. Speaking in a breakout session at the annual OpenText customer and partner event, Forrester […]

data-driven digital transformation

Clarity Without Complexity: Data-Driven Digital Transformation

DXAgents presented a panel on Clarity Without Complexity: Data-Driven Digital Transformation at BigData Toronto this week. Namir Anani, President and CEO, Information and Communications Technology Council, moderated an interactive dialog on data-driven digital transformation and its impact on value creation in today’s digital world.  Irene Zaguskin, CIO,  Enercare, Alexey Rykhva, CIO, Procter & Gamble Canada, Boris Bogatirev, Manager Consulting, Analytics […]

B2B Community Spotlight: Spiceworks

B2B News Network set out to find the top B2B online communities, so we went straight to you for the ones you find enriching and enjoy being a part of. You told us about your favourite spaces and places and how your fellow B2B practitioners can benefit from them. One of your favourite’s was Spiceworks. […]

Hunting the Pokémon Go Benefits to B2B

Pokémon Go is moving consumers to businesses in droves. More than 10 million daily users are walking past business after business in pursuit of the 90s-era anime monsters featured in the game. Eventually, these consumers get hungry. Or bored. Or, more likely, they run out of battery life, and that’s good for nearby businesses. Businesses […]

apology

When B2B Needs Damage Control: The 6 components of a meaningful apology

Apologizing properly isn’t angelic. It’s a skill that can be learned. Consider this: B2B methods and verticals are dependent on relationship management. Long term, fully expressive, mutually beneficial dealings between vendors and customers is at the heart of account-based marketing, SAAS contracts and permission-based automation services. Whenever and wherever there is a long-term relationship between […]

Study: 24% of marketers have a single view of the customer

Experian Marketing Services recently released a study that aimed to identify the biggest opportunities and barriers marketers face. The study, entitled, “2015 Digital Marketer Report,” polled 1,000 global marketers and placed heavy focus on how customer data is collected and used. The research highlights several key marketing issues businesses currently face, including the inability to […]

Digital 2015: The benefits of mastering adaptive customer experiences (Sponsored)

This article is fifth in our SAP CMO Series. To view a summary of the SAP/CMO Council Adaptive Customer Experiences research report, click here. To download the full report (registration required) click here. Technology has caused a shift from product-centric to customer-centric business practices. The age of the customer has arrived and person-to-person engagement is […]