Connected Everything – how, why and what's the next course?
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Only connect? Let's have lunch to discuss, says Salesforce's Peter Coffee.

Only connect? Let's have lunch to discuss, says Salesforce's Peter Coffee.
Who's Zooming who? We all are and are likely to carry on doing so for some time as the great return-to-the-office is put on hold.
UK’s biggest commercial TV program maker ITV says pandemic ‘Escape Room’ cyber-training turned an unpopular course into one staff now can’t get enough of.
The NHS’s General Practice Data Planning and Research scheme has been put on hold as it faces a huge backlash and millions opt-out.
In part one of our decision-making series, I made the case for distributed BI across the organization. But that's not enough. Getting better information does not necessarily yield better decisions.
Confluent was spun out of LinkedIn in 2014 and recently had a successful IPO. But CEO Jay Kreps is laser focused on the company’s core message: data in motion.
"People will never forget how you made them feel." Applying Maya Angelou's wisdom to today's businesses. Freshworks Prakash Ramamurthy explains how.
Healthcare has had to adapt to rapid change in the throes of the pandemic. Workday customers Bon Secours Mercy Health and ChristianaCare speak about their experiences with supply chain management and financial planning
This week - big-name retailers see faltering digital growth, but is in-store traffic finally back? The return-to-office push faces new critiques, as "hybrid" work falls short. Speaking of falling short, T-Mobile is back to what it does best - getting its customers' (and former customers'!) data breached.
Wayfair has 'had a good war' during the COVID crisis, but as consumers drift back to the stores, what lies ahead for an online-only business model that was already eyed skeptically pre-pandemic?
Marcel Koks, Industry & Solution Strategy Director, Food & Beverage, Infor, discusses how food manufacturers can lead the way when it comes to reducing the huge amounts of food wasted by consumers each year
Holiday firm Center Parcs says Adobe tech proved critical to weathering months of UK lockdown
The return-to-office debate has an unwelcome reprieve, thanks to the Delta variant. But will we get better hybrid policies on the other side? I'm skeptical, but there is new data to consider. Here's my take on that - and what employers are overlooking.