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Data a la carte: Productizing industry solutions | #infa16
We are past the hype stage in Big Data, but not yet at the point where everyone who could benefit from data use is in fact benefiting. As companies try to figure out what parts of their enterprises need data analytics, they could go for broke and integrate data into the fabric of their businesses. ...
Winning recipes: Slicing and dicing your data for predictable success | #infa16
The verdict on intelligent decision making through data seems to be that you need a massive amount of data to make reliable predictions. The good news is that once you find formulas that predict outcomes successfully, you can catalog them in a playbook for future use. Jewelry Television has done just that by parsing a large ...
Gathering the tools to democratize data | #infa16
Data has been buzzed about for a long time, but this year, we are seeing it advance to centerstage faster than ever before. Conference after conference, we hear experts talk about proving the business value of data and taking it from an arcane, back-office science to the fingertips of small and medium business owners. Debbie ...
Business digitized: How technology can help finance move faster | #SAPPHIRENOW
Technology is a powerful ingredient to add to any recipe. As more and more industries adopt new technology into their business models, we sometimes see dramatic transformations take place. Finance is an area where speed is highly valued, so technology for automating is naturally interesting to financial services. “What we see companies doing is trying ...
All for one and one for all: Winning together with partners | #SAPPHIRENOW
In IT, Conway’s Law states that the complexity of an application mirrors the complexity of the organization that built it. With customers demanding apps with greater simplicity (at least on the user-facing end), does this mean smaller, humbler companies will outperform the Goliaths? Not if the large companies listen, said Rodolpho Cardenuto, president of Global Partner Operations ...
A beautiful friendship: What can we expect from the Apple-SAP partnership? | #SAPPHIRENOW
Two tech giants; one partnership; 20 months in the making. The deal with Apple was one of the biggest announcements in SAP SE’s history, and it’s rapidly generating hype. Akash Agarwal, GVP of Enterprise Mobile at SAP’s Mobile Business Unit, said, “Bill McDermott [CEO of SAP] quoted on Monday, we got something in the order of 4 ...
The pendulum swing: From suite to cloud and back again | #SAPPHIRENOW
Years ago, it was predicted that the industry would move rapidly to the cloud — and move it did at a pace that exceeded everyone’s expectations. With customers now used to the cloud-based world, they increasingly expect seamless solutions. That seamlessness, according to Tom Roberts, global VP of 3rd-Party Solutions at SAP SE, relies on integration. ...
The millennial effect: The new demand for instant gratification IT | #SAPPHIRENOW
Food for thought: Are cloud infrastructure and Software-as-a-Service making easy, all-in-one IT inevitable? Or are people raised in a culture of convenience pressuring IT developers for instant gratification? Jason Wolf, GM of Global Technology Partners at SAP SE, said it’s a symbiotic relationship, but he sees customers’ shrinking attention spans as the greater driver. Wolf calls ...
Building bridges: Learning to live in the world of many clouds | #SAPPHIRENOW
Some enterprises are running so many different clouds, consultants are starting to specialize in decluttering their clients’ cloud inventories. But the fact is that most companies using multiple clouds need them all to perform crucial tasks. For them, better means of traveling among clouds are what’s needed. Dave Mason, SVP of cDOT Acceleration at NetApp, ...
Earning your keep: The new ways providers have to satisfy the customer | #SAPPHIRENOW
The IT market is expanding so rapidly, an enterprise manager might feel downright bewildered by all the choices available. The good news is that increasing competition means providers have to work harder to satisfy customers’ needs. Gone are the days when you were sold something, given an 800 number to dial when something breaks and ...
