Hits and misses

Enterprise hits and misses - shoppers hit the grocery stores, AI gets an ROI check, and the metaverse hype machine refuels This article is sponsored by:

This week - shoppers return to grocery stores - are retailers ready for the hybrid consumer? Events season rolls on; Oracle offers tech earnings hope. Transformation turns into lessons learned, and, just in time for the whiffs section - the metaverse gets a $5 trillion hype projection.

Enterprise hits and misses - the Vaccine Economy changes online commerce, robots get hired, and the AI debate gets sentient This article is sponsored by:

This week - new data on digital commerce in the Vaccine Economy - but are B2B buyers changing? Demand for robots continues to surge in the labor gap. Across the pond, diginomica finds itself part of the story, via our UK governance reporting. As always, your whiffs.

Enterprise hits and misses - the push for talent gets real, remote work meets reality, and vendors get an event grilling This article is sponsored by:

This week - the push for talent gets put to the use case test, while enterprise events get the satirical treatment, and retailers grapple. Remote work "flexibility" runs smack into real world policies - and all the way into the whiffs section.

Enterprise hits and misses - enterprise vendors face off against Wall Street, and Davos grapples with future of work contradictions This article is sponsored by:

This week - enterprise software vendors make their case versus Wall Street's tech blues. Retailers deal with inflationary-conscious consumers, and we attempt to extract future of work lessons from Davos' contradictions. As always, your weekly whiffs.

Enterprise hits and misses - employers play the Great Resignation blame game, and retailers face the inflation-wary consumer This article is sponsored by:

This week - Retailers are next to get the Wall Street treatment, but what is the consumer sentiment? Are employees fickle, or are employers dodgy? Let's play the Great Resignation blame game. Plus: cloud-native is a skills issue, and AI job futures get a twist. As always, your whiffs.

Enterprise hits and misses - vanity metrics get exposed, DeFi deflates, and the connected consumer puts brands on notice This article is sponsored by:

This week - brands grapple with the connected consumer and their brand (dis)loyalty. Vanity metrics get called out - we need better project KPIs. DeFi has a rough week, and the diginomica team fans out as on-the-ground events kick in.

Enterprise hits and misses - real world AI uses cases get a review, retailers get a customer loyalty test, and NFTs sneak into our metaverse This article is sponsored by:

This week - real world AI use cases get a closer look, while retailers grapple with consumer (dis)loyalty. Blockchain for identity verification and gets a surprising nod, and Atlassian reviews its outage (and gets reviewed). AI also whiffs.

Enterprise hits and misses - UX accessibility matters, Google and Microsoft surprise, and the metaverse gets enterprise scrutiny This article is sponsored by:

This week - lessons from UX accessibility keep us on our toes. Microsoft and Google buck the tech earnings blues - thanks to cloud. The metaverse gets an enterprise review, and NoOps wins buzzword bingo. As always, your whiffs.

Enterprise hits and misses - employee experience deteriorates, cloud gets an on-prem wake-up call, and event planners get called out This article is sponsored by:

This week - employee experience takes a big return-to-office hit, but what's next? Cloud adoption may be surging, but on-premises systems still have traction. Atlassian's outage yields lessons, and event planners get a hybrid event challenge. As always, your whiffs.

Enterprise hits and misses - HR executives get a reality check, software buyers look for breakthrough ideas, and AI lessons get applied This article is sponsored by:

This week - the talent gap widens, but have executives learned their pandemic lessons? AI advancements keep us on our toes, but how to apply them? Software buyers need breakthrough ideas, and Twitter blurs the news cycle.

Enteprise hits and misses - decentralized finance wins buzzword bingo, personalization gets questioned, and climate reporting heats up This article is sponsored by:

This week - decentralized finance wins buzzword bingo, but is it an enterprise disruptor? A personalization report issues benchmarks, and raises questions. Time for AI ethics - as a free service? Thanks to the Twitterati, the whiffs keep coming.

Enterprise hits and misses - return-to-office picks up steam (and critics), while SaaS software gets SaaD (Software as a Disservice) This article is sponsored by:

This week - return-to-office picks up corporate steam, but big tech companies remain cautious. Why? SaaS software gets a lambasting, but is it really SaaS, or SaaD (Software as a Disservice). Can AI manage AI, and is there an AI explainability workaround? Read on...

Enterprise hits and misses - retailers go direct, cyber warfare goes on high alert, and problematic user conferences return This article is sponsored by:

This week - retailers go direct-to-consumer, but will supply chains hold up? The Russian invasion of Ukraine prompts cyber warfare concerns, with deep fakes and ransomware in the mix. User conference get the satirical treatment, and I call a whiff on - myself.