Enterprise resource planning software is usually confined to the activity within an organization’s four walls. When products or services inevitably flow out to partners and customers, who or what keeps track of them? “Our belief was you should extend that [ERP] and encompass an entire network,” said Duncan Angove (pictured), president of Infor Inc. This vision ...

Separating “AI washing” from true artificial intelligence is turning into a full-time job for tech analysts. How do Infor Inc.’s new enterprise AI goods weigh against its marketing? “There’s a lot of substance behind what they’re doing at Infor that sets them apart from their competitors in the [enterprise resource planning] space,” said James Kobielus (@jameskobielus) ...

The value of a virtualized cloud environment has as much to do with what you put into it as what you get out of it, according to Terry Wise (pictured), vice president of worldwide alliances, channels and ecosystem at Amazon Web Services Inc. “Cloud is not just about cheap compute and storage. It’s really about platform and ...

Any company bringing out machine learning or artificial intelligence software better double check to see if someone else has already patented their idea. “It’s a very competitive race,” said James Kobielus (@jameskobielus) (pictured, left), co-host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, during Inforum 2017 in New York today. Kobielus sized up the horses on the ...

Last year, Infor Inc. took a retro step (for a software company) and set up Hook and Loop Digital, a creative agency with brick-and-mortar digs in New York City. The H&L team strives to transform clients — from NBA teams to shoe retailers — with digital user experiences that are anything but retro. “We’re working ...

Infor Inc. started the Women’s Infor Network to knock down obstacles keeping women from reaching their full potential within the company. But WIN’s session at Inforum 2017 in New York tomorrow, titled “The Change Makers: Closing technology, societal and political gaps,” will go above and beyond its mission statement. “The only WIN or female aspect of the session ...

Digital transformation is introducing more than new technologies to enterprises. Data monetization and digital consumption models are bringing business people and techies into closer collaboration. While they stretch to adopt methods and tools like virtualization, cloud computing and big data analytics, individuals themselves must grow to match the changes. Many demands of digitization have fallen ...

Don’t wait for the government to solve the cybersecurity problem, said Stephen Hadley (pictured), former U.S. National Security adviser, principal of RHG Strategic Consulting Firm and adviser to Nutanix Inc. “I think the [technology] industry needs to define the solutions,” Hadley told Dave Vellante (@dvellante) and Stu Miniman (@stu), co-hosts of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio. (* Disclosure below.)  ...

Warning to companies who think copying the latest successful startups will keep them relevant: “If you’re trying to catch up, it’s already over,” according to Art Langer (pictured), professor and director of the Center for Technology Management at Columbia University. How does a company outpace disruption? They must rally the information technology troops in new ways, Langer ...

Dell EMC, Dell Technologies Inc.’s infrastructure group, has taken a sharp turn since Chad Sakac (pictured, right), president of the Converged Platforms and Solutions Division, originally described Nutanix Inc. as a “niche corner case for VDI [virtual desktop infrastructure] only.” Stu Miniman (@stu), joined by Dave Vellante (@dvellante), his co-host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, read the ...