Hitachi Vantara Next2019 - conference takeaways
A round-up of the happenings at the Hitachi Vantara jamboree.
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Flexera executive survey - changes in technology spending reflect strategic priorities, preference for managed services
The Flexera IT spending survey highlights some altered priorities taking shape.
Workday Rising 2019 - Machine learning holds the key to a changing world
Machine learning takes center stage at Workday Rising 2019 as the finance and HCM vendor unveils automation tools for a changing world
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ServiceMax Maximize London - drilling for field service digital transformation at Tecpetrol
Tecpetrol needed to shift away from cumbersome paper-based ways of managing sub-contractors in the field.
Enterprise hits and misses - HR tech gets botified, SAP gets new CEOs, and ERP confronts agility - again
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HR Technology Conference 2019 - it’s a crazy, mixed up HR technology world out there
It's time for the annual trip to the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. Here are the highlights of this years confab - the good, the bad and utterly indifferent.
Why you should care about ultra-wideband - fine-grained location sensing isn’t just for lost luggage
What is ultra-wideband and why should you care anyway? Spoiler - there's an Apple angle...
The convergence of auditing and robotic process automation - highlights from Controlling 2019
Getting ahead of the compliance curve is an attractive proposition for auditors. But can robotics process automation play a role? Kent Bettisworth says yes - but as I learned at Controlling 2019, there are major caveats.
ServiceMax Maximize London - service management as a C-Suite business issue...and a matter of life and death
Service management is now a recurring revenue priority for business which opens up new opportunities for ServiceMax.
The worst person Donald Trump ever met is about to take charge of "a Europe Fit for the Digital Age"
Margrethe Vestager is about to become a lot more powerful and has the US tech sector in her sights.
Why APIs are key to hitting “Go” on omni-channel retail
Omni-channel retail needs APIs to deliver a sought-after customer experience that leaves cash registers in the past, argues Mulesoft's Paul Crerand.
The Discovery Channel on IT-business alignment in a cloud world - live from SAP Controlling 2019
At Controlling 2019, keynote speaker Barb Rojas of the Discovery Channel put an interesting twist on IT/business alignment. How do you impose governance on business users, without stifling their cloud pursuits? After the keynote, our podcast took the conversation further.
Fail early, fail often - a manufacturing mantra for an AI age
AI in manufacturing - a healthy counterpoint to some of the hype and the fear-and-loathing.