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Making the Right Connections Opens New Doors to Digital Business Success
Making the Right Connections Opens New Doors to Digital Business Success
Making the Right Connections Opens New Doors to Digital Business Success The digital transformation of business isn’t just about the connection of things,
Sept. 8, 2015
The Data and Analytics Event of the Year!
The Data and Analytics Event of the Year!
Today, I’m excited to share with you some details on the 2015 Data and Analytics Conference, October 20-22 at the Hilton Chicago. The inaugural event will
Aug. 26, 2015
Energy Management and the Factory of the Future
Energy Management and the Factory of the Future
“The future of many companies will depend on their willingness and ability to rethink their supply chains, to experiment with new processes and uses for
Aug. 25, 2015
Why the Fortune 500 is Fast Becoming the Digital 500
Why the Fortune 500 is Fast Becoming the Digital 500
As part of its research for this year's annual Fortune™ 500 issue the magazine polled the CEOs of all the companies on its latest list of industry
Aug. 5, 2015
Getting to Know Tom Powledge, Vice President of Cisco Managed Security Services
Getting to Know Tom Powledge, Vice President of Cisco Managed Security Services
After several months leading the managed security services portfolio at Cisco, I sat down with the social media team to discuss my path to Cisco, the
Aug. 3, 2015
Digital Transformation in the Oil & Gas Industry: “Drill, Data, Drill!”
Digital Transformation in the Oil & Gas Industry: “Drill, Data, Drill!”
“Drill, baby, drill” makes for an easy mantra when it comes to energy exploration, but the oil and gas (O&G) industry moved past simply drilling long ago with the introduction...
June 25, 2015
Why I Love Big Data Partner Series 4: Distributed Big Data Cluster with Cisco UCS and MapR–Store Locally, Query Ev …
Why I Love Big Data Partner Series 4: Distributed Big Data Cluster with Cisco UCS and MapR–Store Locally, Query Ev …
Next in our series of Why I Love Big Data is Bruce from MapR.  Together, Cisco and MapR are working on a very cool solution for keeping data local, but
June 5, 2015
Driving Operational Excellence Through Digital Transformation in Oil & Gas
Driving Operational Excellence Through Digital Transformation in Oil & Gas
Guest Blog by Marcel Cappetti, Managing Director, Oil and Gas, Global Enterprise Theater I’ve just returned from CERAWeek in Houston—an international
May 14, 2015
Preparing for the Next Big Wave in IT: The Intercloud’s Role in Digitization
Preparing for the Next Big Wave in IT: The Intercloud’s Role in Digitization
There is no question that we’re on the cusp of rapid IT evolution. Ten years ago, a small subset of IT managers and system administrators defined and
April 29, 2015
IoE-Powered Business Transformation Boosts Agility and Efficiency for Oil and Gas Companies
IoE-Powered Business Transformation Boosts Agility and Efficiency for Oil and Gas Companies
This week I’m attending CERAWeek, the premier international gathering of energy industry leaders, experts, government officials, policymakers, and innovators. While this is the 34th annual CERAWeek conference, the...
April 22, 2015
New Oil & Gas Study Reveals a Disrupted Industry Primed for Digital Transformation, Fueled by the Internet of Every …
New Oil & Gas Study Reveals a Disrupted Industry Primed for Digital Transformation, Fueled by the Internet of Every …
If ever there was an industry and a time that epitomize “disruption,” it is the oil and gas industry today. Price declines of more than 50 percent since
April 16, 2015
Gartner’s Latest Point of View on BI, Analytics and Big Data
Gartner’s Latest Point of View on BI, Analytics and Big Data
Over the past six weeks I participated in three Gartner BI and Analytic Summits in Sydney, London, and most recently Las Vegas. I love going to these
April 7, 2015