Samuel Greengard

Mobility has arrived at the center of the digital enterprise. Today, developing apps for customers, employees and business partners is no longer optional. But somewhere between the promise of the technology and the goal of maximizing budgets lies the real world of putting mobility and apps to work effectively. Here are three things that CIOs […]

A universal truth in business is that all roads lead to data. In an increasingly complex and connected world, the ability of an organization to collect, manage and analyze data effectively separates the winners from the losers. A new report from Capgemini and co-sponsored by EMC, Big & Fast Data: The Rise of Insight-Driven Business, has […]

Is Your Company a Security Leader or Laggard? Governance Matters About 56% of cyber-security leaders surveyed have a sanctioned strategy in place and outsource core security operations. By contrast, 68% of laggards only use one or neither approach. Metrics Count Leaders are 18% more likely to have CISOs deploy metrics for evaluating security operations than […]

Once upon a time in an enterprise not so far away, CIOs were charged with overseeing systems that pretty much dictated the way work took place. The lifespans of these hardware and software solutions were measured in years or decades. That meant that change took place…ever…so…slowly. Today, IT is no longer master of the universe. […]

As chief technology strategist for GE’s Intelligent Platform Group, it’s Rich Carpenter’s job to envision how technology, tools and systems fit together effectively. He was instrumental in developing GE CIMPLICITY software that’s widely used in the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) space as well as the Tracker set of products that run manufacturing execution […]

Only a few years ago, CIOs and other business and IT leaders openly questioned the viability of clouds. There’s been a remarkable shift in attitude. Industry studies indicate that enterprise cloud adoption now hovers above the 90 percent range, and clouds are filtering into a broader array of functions and tasks. Yet, the art and […]

The Pros and Cons of Putting Apps in the Cloud A Focus on Data Organizations are slow to move applications with a lot of historical data into the cloud. Among the trailing areas: database and master data management (29%), governance/risk management/compliance (27%) and finance/accounting (22%). Newer Apps Are a Good Fit The most popular enterprise […]

The daily barrage of headlines focused on security threats and data breaches has reached deafening proportions. But garden-variety breaches and break-ins are now taking a back seat to highly sophisticated intrusions and theft. Over the last week or so, Kaspersky Lab released details about Carbanak, a form of malware that cyber-criminals have supposedly used to […]

Over the last couple of years, as cloud computing has drifted into the mainstream of the enterprise, the conversation has shifted from whether to deploy clouds to how to use them strategically and maximize return on investment (ROI). To be sure, clouds present very different CAPEX and OPEX models. In fact, a 2014 survey conducted […]

One of the fascinating things about business is what people are willing to pay for products. You can step into a 7-Eleven or McDonald’s and pay about a buck for a cup of coffee, or you can go to Starbucks and pay around $5. Obviously, plenty of people opt for Starbucks. Coffee is essentially a commodity […]

Business and IT leaders recognize the importance of big data. But putting it to work presents growing challenges. A new report from consulting firm Capgemini, titled “Successful Big Data Implementations Elude Most Organizations,” found that global organizational spending on big data exceeded $31 billion in 2013 and is projected to hit $114 billion by 2018. […]

These days, digital disruption isn’t simply driving change within the enterprise: It’s a destination. For a growing number of companies–the Ubers, Airbnbs and Yerdles of the world–it is unleashing radically different ways to buy, sell and interact. It identifies opportunities and revenues in nooks and crannies that didn’t seem to exist only a few years […]