In some manufacturing organizations it’s easier for people to get along with robots than other employees, based on one of A&T’s most recent TV spots. Though it is still the world’s largest telephone company based on total revenue, AT&T wants enterprise customers to be aware of the wide range of IT services it can offer […]
Earlier this week in Toronto, consulting firm Deloitte hosted an annual event where its research team predicted the biggest trends to come in technology, media and communications. Unlike years past, however, this year’s next big thing was a set of massively lowered expectations. According to Duncan Stewart, who leads the research practice at Deloitte Canada, there are plenty of […]
We in design haven’t been very good to sales for some time now. Over the last few years the leading methodology for innovation, design thinking, has changed the way people manage daily communications (mobile devices and applications), access health care (medical devices and care practices), travel (autonomous driving) and manage their lives at home (via […]
J.B. Wood is president and CEO of Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA). He is a frequent industry speaker, and author of the popular books, Complexity Avalanche (2009), Consumption Economics (2011), B4B (2013), and Technology-as-a-Service Playbook: How to Grow a Profitable Subscription Business (2016), and has appeared in leading publications, such as Fortune, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He works with the […]
All eyes may be on the movie stars promoting their work at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this month, but SAP is using some of the event’s premieres to stimulate thinking around enterprise-oriented topics like the Internet of Things and big data. The software giant has sponsored a series of TIFF movies, which it […]
SAP is following up the launch of a digital innovation system it calls Leonardo with a set of services to help enterprises more quickly, and easily gain the benefits of the Internet of Things, blockchain and big data. The three SAP Leonardo Innovation Services launched at the company’s “Leonardo Live” event in Frankfurt includes an […]
I have a love/hate relationship with today’s Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets. I love the tech and what it can do, but I hate the fact I have to share private information to make them work. I grew up in a world without the Internet or cell phones. Privacy and security was simply a matter […]
This week, B2B Trending Conversations finds itself at the intersection of business, technology and politics. We’ll ask whether artificial intelligence is our friend or foe, pick the brains of B2B CMOs to learn their top priorities, listen to a podcast on selling to complex B2B buyers and see how tech companies are resisting President Donald […]
2016 was a year less of personality-driven change, and more a year of big sea changes across industries. It was the year a lot of new B2B tech that has been hyped for years (analytics, B2B FinTech, MarTech) got real, the year big data got a little less big and the Internet of things exploded […]
“Lies, damn lies and statistics,” Mark Twain quipped. He lived in the days before big data, in an era when ROI could be measured only by counting the cash in one’s pocket. Now that we can measure everything, there’s no reason not to. It informs transparency, corporate governance and even effective business processes. This is […]
The Internet of Things (also called IoT) is deeply rooted in the future of all types of marketing. And all B2B marketing professional should expect this tech trend to ripple deep into their industry. The Internet of Things refers to everyday objects becoming connected and coming online; it is also referred to as M2M communications. […]
There is an interesting movement happening within the technology industry that has many of its big players—Google, Microsoft, and IBM—abuzz and excited for the future. It is also being touted as the next step for the Internet of Things. Learn more about why the Net is all hyped for blockchain. What is blockchain and why is […]
We all keep hearing the same refrain: the Internet of Things (IoT) is coming—or in some cases, it’s already here. At least that’s according to the New York Times, they reported General Electric (GE) opened up their big data platform to help facilitate more growth within the IoT industry. But what exactly does that all […]
The Internet of Things has reached peak buzz. Gartner placed IoT at the very pinnacle of its 2014 Hype Cycle for emerging technologies, and it’s little wonder why. For years now, technology executives, “thought leaders” and especially marketers have loved to talk about the seemingly futuristic concept of a global nervous system of networked, intelligent sensors. The implications […]
