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Event Report: Google Cloud Industries Analyst Day

Event Report: Google Cloud Industries Analyst Day

By R "Ray" Wang on April 11, 2021

Event Report: Google Cloud Industries Analyst Day Google Cloud Has Hired A Brain Trust Of Industry Vertical Leaders On March 31st, 2021, Google Cloud hosted an industry vertical analyst roundtable.  Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian, opened up the day with a warm introduction on the role industries will play in the growth of Google Cloud.  […]

Posted in Business | Tagged @constellationr, @googlecloud, Board, Carie Tharp, CEO, CIO, Cloud, CMO, Constellation Research, CTO, Derek White, Dominik Wee, Entertainment, Financial services, gaming, George Nazi, google, google cloud platform, Hans Tealbauer, Healthcare, High Tech, Industries, Insider Asssociates, Joe Miles, life sciences, Logistics, Lori Mitchell-Keller, Manufacturing, media, Public Sector, R "Ray" Wang;, Ray Wang, Retail, rwang0, Software Insider, supply chain, telecom, Todd Schroeder

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Financial Services Rely On BYOD – How Do They Stay Secure?

By Louis Columbus on November 13, 2019

Bottom Line: 2020 is going to be the year companies launch more digital business initiatives that depend on BYOD than ever before, making Zero Trust Security a key contributor to their success. Financial Services firms are at an inflection point going into 2020. Mobile-first products and services now dominate their product roadmaps for next year, with […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged BYOD, cybersecurity, Financial services, Louis Columbus' blog, MobileIron, Zero Trust Security, Zero Trust Zero Trust Framework

What is Really Not Being Said About Bitcoin?

What is Really Not Being Said About Bitcoin?

By Anshu Sharma on March 3, 2014

Bitcoin is not a game. The key players are asking ordinary people to invest their real-world money into a virtual currency that has a lot of potential to save us on transaction costs and speed but is also one of the easiest ways to lose half a billion dollars with no recourse! Brian wrote an […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Bitcoin, Coinbase, Financial services, Mt.Gox | 1 Response

CIOs On Cloud Adoption: Conquer Complexity And Help Us Grow

CIOs On Cloud Adoption: Conquer Complexity And Help Us Grow

By Louis Columbus on July 8, 2013

NTT Europe recently completed a study that found 56% of CIOs and Senior IT leaders see complexity of their own Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems as the biggest barrier to their organization’s enterprise-wide adoption of the cloud.  The survey contends that cloud adoption continues to be tactical in nature as a result of the […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CIO, Cloud Computing, cloud computing adoption, Data Driven, enterprise software, Financial services, Intelligent Tech, Louis Columbus' blog, NTT Europe, software as a service, Tech | 2 Responses

Making Cloud Computing Pay

Making Cloud Computing Pay

By Louis Columbus on April 11, 2013

Relying on cloud computing strategies to free up dollars and time that can quickly be re-invested in product and service innovation emerged as the highest priority for respondents in a recent Rackspace survey.   While cost reductions were significant, the greatest contributions were seen in investments in innovation (48%), new product & service development (45%), […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Data Driven, enterprise software, Financial services, Intelligent Tech, Louis Columbus' blog, Manchester Business School, Microsoft Excel, Public Cloud Computing, Rackspace, Small & Medium Enterprises, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NYSE:RAX | 1 Response

Research: Spotlight on social media risk management

Research: Spotlight on social media risk management

By Michael Krigsman on August 20, 2012

A new report by Altimeter Group sheds light on the importance of risk management as applied to social media.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Altimeter Group, Business, Financial services, Insurance, Management, Marketing and Advertising, Risk management, Social Media | 1 Response

Friday Rant: When Invoicing and Electronic Invoice Presentment Payment (EIPP) Solutions Come Up Shor

Friday Rant: When Invoicing and Electronic Invoice Presentment Payment (EIPP) Solutions Come Up Shor

By Jason Busch on July 16, 2010

As I look at payables and invoicing case studies from both software providers and banks, I’m becoming more convinced than ever that discounting and EIPP solutions are capable of delivering perhaps the most important type and level of value today across the procurement spectrum. Consider, under ideal circumstances, how solutions such as these can: Help […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged ap, EIPP, Electronic billing, Financial services, Invoice

The Public Markets and Venture Capital

The Public Markets and Venture Capital

By Jeff Nolan on July 5, 2010

Last week I wrote about the “VC shakeup” in response to a piece in HBR by the same name, in my response to a comment left by my friend Jason Lemkin I wrote: A big problem here is that the state of public markets makes IPOs extremely difficult and with M&A among already public companies […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged capital markets, Financial services, Initial public offering, investment, IPO, Mergers And Acquisitions, Sarbanes–Oxley Act, sarbox, vc funding, Venture Capital

News Analysis: Deltek Offers To Buy Maconomy For $72.7M

News Analysis: Deltek Offers To Buy Maconomy For $72.7M

By R "Ray" Wang on June 4, 2010

Acquisition Consolidates Two Market Leaders In The Project Based Solutions Market

Deltek announced on June 3rd that they would acquire Maconomy for  $72.7M ($3.39/share (DKK 20.50)).  Maconomy is a leading project based solutions (PBS) software company  (~35.6M 2009 revenues) based in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Deltek is a 265.8M (2009 revenues) PBS software vendor based in Herndon, VA. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged accounting services, acquisition, acquisitions, advertising and public relations, architecture and engineering, billing, Business by Design, ByD, Compliance, construction, Deltek, design, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, enterprise software, Featured Posts, Financial services, general consulting services, high tech software and hardware, IFS, it Services, legal services, life sciences and healthcare, Maconomy, market research services, marketing communications, media and entertainment, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, MultiPlus Solutions, netsuite, News Analysis, non-profit, OpenAir, pbs, professional staffing services. public sector, Project Accounting, project based solutions, project management, QuickArrow, real estate and facilities, research an higher education, resource allocation, retail and hospitality, sap, task management, transportation services, utilities

More Of Naomi’s Killer Scenarios: Retroactive Processing

More Of Naomi’s Killer Scenarios: Retroactive Processing

By Naomi Bloom on April 27, 2010

Once upon a time, the concept of retroactive payroll processing was invented to handle the all too often situation of a personnel action (that’s what they were called when I was young) that was presented to “the system” after the date on which is should have taken effect.  Without a retroactive processing capability in payroll, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged "Killer" HRMDS Scenarios, accounting, enterprise software, Financial services, Health care, Health insurance, HRM Software, Preferred Behaviors, Tax

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