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GE: Give us your Dull, Dirty and Dangerous Data

GE: Give us your Dull, Dirty and Dangerous Data

By Vinnie Mirchandani on October 13, 2014

Rajesh Gill, Group Chief Pilot Technical and Efficiency at AirAsia, shared his version of “data visualization” at GE’s annual Minds+Machines day in New York. He expresses to fellow pilots the impact of certain maneuvers such as shutting down an engine while taxiing to the gate as savings in “pints of Guinness”. AirAsia is one of […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged AirAsia, General Electric, Jeffrey R. Immelt, San Diego, sap, X-ray computed tomography

Digital transformation and the innovative CFO

Digital transformation and the innovative CFO

By Michael Krigsman on August 18, 2014

Discussions about digital business transformation usually center on marketing and the CMO. The popular notion is that digital transformation is primarily a set of online marketing activities such as e-commerce, building communities, and interacting with customers on social media. However, more sophisticated observers recognize that digital transformation has significant implications for operations and business models. For example, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CFO, Chief Financial Officer, deloitte, Digital Transformation, General Electric

Insights From GE’s Global Innovation Barometer Show Executives Need To Be Disruption Ready

Insights From GE’s Global Innovation Barometer Show Executives Need To Be Disruption Ready

By R "Ray" Wang on June 23, 2014

Disruption, Collaboration, and The Future Of Work Highlighted In Latest Edition Last week, June 16, 2014, GE unveiled the 2014 results for its “Global Innovation Barometer“. In the 4th annual survey, the GE team commissioned Edelman Berland to phone interview 3209 senior business executives between April 2, 2014 and May 30, 2014.  Interviewees represented VP […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytics, Apps Strategy, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, BigData, business disruption, business impact, Business Transformation, business value, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, CMO, co creation, co-innovation, collaboration, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, COO, Corporate Strategy, CTO, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, CXO, Data to Decisions, Design thinking, Digital Business, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of business, future of work, GE, General Electric, Industial Internet, Internet of Things, IoT, Monday's Musings, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy | 1 Response

The Third Wave

The Third Wave

By Vinnie Mirchandani on June 24, 2013

Last week at a GE sponsored event, Paul Maritz, ex VMWare, now CEO of Pivotal said: Historically much of the innovation in information technology has originated in the financial services industry. In the last decade it moved to “Consumer Internet giants.” Now, we are seeing it move to the industrial space, which is taking data […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Big Data, General Electric, Paul Maritz, VMware

What Would Steve Jobs Tell Congress?

What Would Steve Jobs Tell Congress?

By Jeff Nolan on May 31, 2013

Like many I watched the kabuki theater that is Congress perp walk Apple CEO Tim Cook in front of a committee to berate the company for legally applying the tax code that Congress created to preserve cash using the offshore entities the income was earned in. I was left with the question “would Congress have […]

Posted in Business | Tagged apple, Congress, General Electric, Taxes, Tim Cook

21 Most Admired Companies Making IT A Competitive Advantage

21 Most Admired Companies Making IT A Competitive Advantage

By Louis Columbus on April 2, 2013

All enterprises, regardless of what they produce or the services they deliver, are really information businesses. The accuracy, speed and precision of IT systems means the difference between winning or losing customers, keeping supply chains profitable, and solidly translating new concepts into revenue-producing products and services.  The world’s best-run services businesses have customer-driven IT as […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Accenture, Amazon, apple, byline=Louis Columbus, Cleveland Clinic, Cloud Computing, CRM, customer relationship management, Data Driven, enterprise software, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, google, Hospital Corporation of America, ibm, Innovation & Science, Intelligent Tech, Intermountain Healthcare, JP Morgan Chase, Kaiser Permanente, Louis Columbus' blog, Mayo Clinic, microsoft, mobile, nestlé, Proctor & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, SaaS, Schlumberger, software as a service, Target, Tech, Toyota, wells fargo

The worlds largest outsourcer you never heard of

The worlds largest outsourcer you never heard of

By Vinnie Mirchandani on November 30, 2012

Quick, name the outsourcer which comes to market with

A $ 140 billion services backlog.
A relentless focus on guaranteed performance and improved outcomes for customers, not just standard SLAs or fixed price contracts
Deep vertical knowledge in oi…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged General Electric, ibm

HP's Recent Moves - The Strategy Issues Others Should Learn From

HP’s Recent Moves – The Strategy Issues Others Should Learn From

By Brian Sommer on August 22, 2011

What were the business strategies HP was considering in its recent decisions to jettison its tablet and PC businesses? Here are some potential strategies the leadership might have considered.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, hp, Léo Apotheker, Personal computer

Genpact spurns its suitors to IT-enable its BPO, with India’s third largest acquisition

Genpact spurns its suitors to IT-enable its BPO, with India’s third largest acquisition

By Phil Fersht on April 7, 2011

So why did Genpact buy Headstrong, in the third-largest acquisition ever made by an India-based provider, since Wipro picked up InfoCrossing for a cool $600m in 2007, and HCL-Axon for a similar sum, the following year? And, most importantly, what does…

Posted in Business | Tagged BPO, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Financial Services Sourcing Strategies, General Electric, Genpact, Headstrong, Healthcare and Outsourcing, Industry-specific Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing and Technology, Outsourcing Research, Outsourcing Vendors, procurement, SaaS, Sourcing Best Practises, Sourcing Locations, The Future of Outsourcing

Creating Manufacturing Jobs/Broadening a Domestic Supply Base: Jeff Immelt Alone is Not the Answer

Creating Manufacturing Jobs/Broadening a Domestic Supply Base: Jeff Immelt Alone is Not the Answer

By Jason Busch on February 3, 2011

Kudos to Bob Ferrari for picking up on President Obama’s appointment of Jeff Immelt as the leader of an updated Presidential Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. We’re generally fans of GE and Immelt’s recent honest outburst China…

Posted in Business | Tagged China, General Electric, Jeff Immelt, Manufacturing, United States

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