This week - digital transformation is scrutinized: how do we get to results? Microsoft extends California's pending privacy perks, blockchain gets critiqued, and a Google privacy whistleblower steps forward. As we reel into Dreamforce, I've got a whiff for Apple.
This week - the tech talent shortage puts pressure on employers - but are they playing their skills cards right? A notable post on shifting enterprise software alliances gets the punditry speculating. Event season rolls on, and so do we. But some drivers run into problems in the whiffs section.
This week - is "unbiased data" an AI oxymoron? Has RPA as we know it run its course? SAP, Oracle and Workday get a next-gen analytics assessment, and a Gartner analyst is sick of hyperbolic scale. Plus your whiffs.
This week - a concerning new breed of entrepreneurial cyber-criminals to reckon with, while we make sense of the executive moments across the enterprise. Event reviews roll on, microservices gain steam, and, as always, your weekly whiffs.
This week - IT spending gets cloudy as on-prem vendors get another wake-up call. Digital transformation gets quantified, and event reviews roll on. Your whiffs include some epic privacy gaffes, and I take a shot at "PR doorknobs."
This week - SAP breaks the enterprise web again with a sudden CEO shakeup. HR technology hype shifts to bots - but are the machines ready? Time for ERP vs agile (again), and I get botified as well.
This week - is AI a tool for big tech supremacy, or a democratizing force? Offshoring alarmists get their reckoning, but they weren't wrong about everything. Blockchain gets skewered and Gartner gets quadranted. Your whiffs include my falling out with Alexa.
This week - DevOps gets one step closer to DevSecOps as security grabs the headlines. Lessons for analytics ROI are revealed and questioned. DoorDash gets hacked, and earns a fragrant whiff in the process.
This week - Oracle gets autonomous at OpenWorld; we review. Also: the future of HCM software is laid out. Retailers continue their Amazon skirmishes, with grocery delivery still up for grabs. Your whiffs include WeWork's gaffe-happy week.
This week - fall event season kicks into overdrive. But: the macro-economic picture leads us to where vendors don't want to go: buyer uncertainty. Hadoop dies and is reborn (kind of), I score a self-whiff, and apologize to Eddie Money.
The press conference is always a contender for the most forgettable aspect of an enterprise event. But with some help, we can make press conferences even more irrelevant. Here are my twelve satirical tips to botch this properly - or somehow salvage it.
This week - AI graduates eighth grade, as the automation debate heats up again. Algorithms get political, and cloud security gets a once-over. ContentOps meets SnarkOps, and your whiffs include a mystery article that (finally) popped up everywhere.
This week - retail gets its store love back thanks to Gen Z, but now we have Clothing as a Service (CaaS). VMware puts on a pivotal event, and buyers get a warning on PaaS appeal. Your whiffs include headlines we didn't need, and Walmart's charmless robot army.