MESTEC provides execution systems for manufacturing companies that need to be more productive. But when it became a SaaS provider, it needed to turn to multi-cloud.
Why should we geek out over DevOps? How about serving business users better? How about automated data testing? That was the goal when two engineers launched Spectacles, an open source Looker tool.
Analyst days are rich with information, but they are usually woefully scarce on customer interaction. At ZohoDay, Zoho turned that stereotype on its head. Here's what the diginomica team learned from one of the many customers present.
My first review of Acumatica's annual user and partner Summit finds a cloud ERP company in confident growth mode - but not without its challenges. Here's my burning questions for the show - along with a fresh use case that shows how modern ERP impacts industry verticals.
Plastic pollution remains a huge part of the global environmental crisis. There are some positive tech initiatives that aim to tackle the problem.
Store tours put the happy retail talk from the show floor to the real world test. At Salesforce's Neighborhood Goods reception, I got a firsthand look at a new kind of department store, and learned why digital brands - and customers - find it appealing.
Misconceptions about range anxiety and charging points hold back electric vehicle (EV) adoption - Zero Carbon World is on a mission to change that
The big theme of NRF 2020? Blurring the lines between digital and store. But to make that happen for customers, you better get the data - and the design - right. Target CIO Mike McNamara shares the tech approach behind Target's growth.
"You cannot be cool by association with a tech vendor." Retailers need to build out and skill up their own digital stacks and not depend on third parties, such as a certain online behemoth...
It's time for my annual push through the retail tech hype in search of retail success. One big story: the revenge of the storefront, but with a big caveat. In my first NRF review piece, I break out the early highlights - and an instructive mobile use case from Office Depot.
Customer success programs are a red hot topic - and not just for SaaS vendors. But what Coupa is doing with community intelligence pushes the conversation forward. Here's some illustrated use cases on the progress made.
How to move your database to the cloud - Auto Trader's journey to MongoDB Atlas
Auto Trader’s Mohsin Patel talks through the data company’s journey from monolithic SQL systems to the public cloud with MongoDB Atlas.
Derek takes us through his top stories from the year, which include a variety of vendor strategy pieces, use cases and public sector stories.
Subscription business models are all the rage. But transitioning to subscriptions brings a slew of new challenges. Here's an illustrated review of a memorable keynote, packed with use cases, and lessons for change.
The organisation is using AWS for scale, speed and machine learning, helping to gain insights from terabytes of data on cells and genes.
Unique partnership sees AWS providing BP with its IT infrastructure and BP providing AWS with renewable energy