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How LogicMonitor Buying Airbrake Unleashes DevOps To Do What They Do Best

By Louis Columbus on March 17, 2021

Bottom Line:  LogicMonitor knows first-hand how much pressure DevOps teams are under to produce high-quality code in record time during the pandemic. Acquiring Airbrake proves they get it: DevOps has a high need for speed right now. LogicMonitor Aims To Solve Today’s DevOps Paradox The pandemic is forcing every business to make DevOps a core […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Airbrake, Boston Consulting Group, CheckMarx, dev/ops, idc, LogicMonitor, Louis Columbus' blog

2018 Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates

2018 Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates

By Louis Columbus on October 14, 2018

Cloud computing platforms and applications are proliferating across enterprises today, serving as the IT infrastructure driving new digital businesses. The following roundup of cloud computing forecasts and market estimates reflect a maturing global market for cloud services, with proven scale, speed and security to support new business models. CIOs who are creating compelling business cases […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, bessemer venture partners, Cloud Computing, cloud computing landscape, gartner, idc, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS

Social business maturity and digital transformation

Social business maturity and digital transformation

By Michael Krigsman on July 30, 2014

Social enterprise — communication, collaboration, and knowledge sharing across business silos and departmental boundaries — is a core part of digital business transformation initiatives. Research from IDC sheds light on this topic.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Digital Transformation, Dion Hinchcliffe, idc, International Data Corporation, social business

Roundup Of Analytics, Big Data & Business Intelligence Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2014

Roundup Of Analytics, Big Data & Business Intelligence Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2014

By Louis Columbus on July 7, 2014

From manufacturers looking to gain greater insights into streamlining production, reducing time-to-market and increasing product quality to financial services firms seeking to upsell clients, analytics is now essential for any business looking to stay competitive.  Marketing is going through its own transformation, away from traditional tactics to analytics- and data-driven strategies that deliver measurable results. Analytics and […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged 2014 Analytics market forecast, A. T. Kearney, analytics, analytics forecast, AT Kearney, Bain and Company, BI forecast, Big Data, Big Data Hadoop market forecast, business intelligence, Business Intelligence Forecast, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, enterprise software, Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, ibm, idc, IDC Hadoop Forecast, INSEAD, International Data Corporation, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, Microsoft analytics, predictive analytics, Q1 2014, Q4 2013 (, SaaS analytics, sap, SAS Analytics, The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Hadoop Solutions, The World Economic Forum | 1 Response

Social Business Maturity Model, The Next Generation

Social Business Maturity Model, The Next Generation

By Michael Fauscette on May 29, 2014

Way back in 2011 we published a maturity model for the adoption of social technologies and the resulting cultural and process changes that those technologies could enable. Quite a lot has happened since then of course but happily some of the fundamental business impacts from the use of social technologies hasn’t. We do understand them […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business Models, custoemr, CX, employee, engagement, Enterprise 2.0, EX, experience, future of work, idc, maturity, model, networked business, partners, socbiz, Social, social business, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social web, technology, Web/Tech | 1 Response

IDC: 87% Of Connected Devices By 2017 Will Be Tablets And Smartphones

IDC: 87% Of Connected Devices By 2017 Will Be Tablets And Smartphones

By Louis Columbus on September 12, 2013

The latest round of tablet, smartphone and PC forecasts from IDC released yesterday in their smart connected device market forecast shows how rapidly tablets and large-screen (5+ inch) smartphones are redefining the market. These forecasts also underscore how the majority of enterprises need to better plan how to get the most out of mobility investments […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Data Driven, enterprise software, Forrester Research, idc, Intelligent Tech, Louis Columbus' blog, mobile, Smartphone, tablet, tablet forecasts, Tech

New Data on Social Business: Communities Are the #1 Initiative in 2013

New Data on Social Business: Communities Are the #1 Initiative in 2013

By Michael Fauscette on February 12, 2013

At IDC we do a social business survey a couple of times a year and I now have fresh and just out of the field data to share. It’s proven very interesting and telling to trend the survey results over…

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Community, data, ESN, idc, internet, network, socbiz, Social, social business, Social network, Survey | 15 Responses

2013 Roundup of Smartphone and Tablet Forecasts & Market Estimates

2013 Roundup of Smartphone and Tablet Forecasts & Market Estimates

By Louis Columbus on January 18, 2013

For many companies, getting their mobility strategies off the ground and successful is the highest priority project they have in 2013.  The urgency to get their sales and consulting teams equipped with smart phone and tablet-based applications is accelerating. Pilot projects have shown mobility applications can shorten sales cycles and serve as a better sales training and management platform. Serving […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged android, apple, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, enterprise software, gartner, google, idc, iPad, iPad2, Louis Columbus' blog, Mary Meeker, Microsoft Windows Phone, mobile, mobility, mobility forecasts, mobility market estimates, mobility operating systems, smart phone, tablet, Tech, windows phone

How Google is Driving Mobile Video Market Growth

How Google is Driving Mobile Video Market Growth

By Louis Columbus on August 27, 2012

Google’s top advertising customers are pushing for convergence of mobile and video quickly, which is turning into a strong catalyst of growth of the global mobile video market.  With their largest advertising customers wanting greater flexibility in bringing video to mobile devices, Google will make significant strides this year to make that happen. During their latest earnings call, Google execs said that Android, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged $GOOG, analytics, Cisco, google, idc, Louis Columbus' blog, mobile video, mobility, social marketing analytics, Uncategorized, virtualization, VMware, YouTube

Europe Sets Course for Cloud

Europe Sets Course for Cloud

By John Taschek on January 31, 2012

There’s a perception that cloud computing has become a “mature” technology, a perception shared by few but anticipated by most everyone else with the exception of those trying to preserve their self-interests. I don’t blame them – each person inherently protects self-interests. They’re wrong though. Cloud is not mature. It…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CERN, Cloud Computing, competition, David Bradshaw, EC, efficiency, European Commission, government, idc, Industry, innovation, Neelie Kroes, public cloud, Public Sector, Web/Tech

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