The Quest For The Holy Grail Of Team Messaging Apps: Finding Your Perfect Solution

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We’re seeing a significant challenge today in finding the right enterprise-level team messaging app that’s easy to use, compatible with a work environment, and combines various daily functions so employees don’t have to bounce back and forth between platforms or apps causing confusion. There’s quite a proliferation of team messaging apps in the market, and […]

Continuous Delivery and Release Automation – Critical To DevOps Success

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I am seeing more and more inquiries focused on driving business transformation where the transformation depends on software and business technology.  ING is a model for digital transformation, and Ralph Hamers, CEO, has publicly reinforced the bank’s transformation. Hamers stated “We have to recognize that technology is what Banks do”[i]. Every business today must focus […]

Form Follows Function on SPaMCast 459

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I’m back for another appearance on Tom Cagley’s Software Process and Measurement (SPaMCast) podcast. This week’s episode, number 459, features Tom’s essay on resistance to change. This is followed by our Form Follows Function segment discussing my post “Innovation, Intention, Planning and Execution”. Jeremy Berriault‘s QA corner finishes the cast with a segment on testing […]

Equifax Does More Than Credit Scores

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Our reaction to the Equifax breach was similar to what we imagine many people went through. First, we wanted to know if we were affected? Second, What about our spouse and other immediate family members? Third, Better keep an eye on the old credit report or initiate a credit freeze. Since Forrester offers credit monitoring […]

Forrester’s Privacy And Security Forum Brings Diverse Experts To Devious Challenges

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Well, the privacy hits keep coming: another breach, more than a hundred million people affected, untold losses for another company and its customers. Next week, September 14-15 in Washington DC, Forrester is gathering experts in cybersecurity, privacy, customer experience, regulatory compliance, identity management, personalization, and a range of other related topics to bring clarity to […]

Cover Your aaS Renewal Discussions

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Many of our clients are fast approaching their contractual renewal dates for Cloud and as-a-service (aaS) offerings. They have expressed concerns over vendors changing licensing models and pricing terms at the renewal point, usually to our clients’ detriment. They feel almost powerless at the negotiation table and perceive that vendors are playing on their immaturity […]

Enterprise Architecture is Not THE Answer – It is Part of the Answer

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As a matter of practicality, for Enterprise Architecture to be successful, there are many things that have to work out before, in parallel with, and after Enterprise Architecture efforts result in an Enterprise Architecture. There are governance things going on, there are development things going on, there are operations things going on. Each of these areas can benefit from some good old Enterprise Architecture thinking and, as well, Enterprise Architecture success needs these areas to be successful! Again, Enterprise Architecture is not THE answer, it is part of something bigger.

Data Commercializers Do It Differently: It’s Best To Be Prepared

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We know that the data economy is going to be huge.  Data fuels innovation, and having that unique data point (or “alt data”) brings incremental value and competitive advantage. Demand for data is exploding. More and more companies are interested in jumping on that train and selling their data.  But how? In an upcoming webinar, […]

CDOs, CAOs (or Equivalent), We Want You!

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Data leadership is proliferating. More than ½ of companies now have a chief data officer (CDO), and an almost equal number have a chief analytics officer (CAO). Many of those without these data leaders report plans to appoint one in the near future. Yet we’ve heard that data leadership roles today are not what they used […]