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FinancialForce’s Spring 2022 Release Defines the Future of FP&A In Services

By Louis Columbus on May 3, 2022

Economic uncertainty sends shock waves throughout businesses, with service organizations seeing its brunt. The recent drastic drop-off in Netflix subscribers is a case in point. Services CFOs say there is an urgent need to track how well their overarching planning strategies linking finance and operations perform. However, getting the data to analyze has been challenging […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud, Cloud Professional Services ERP, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, erp, Financialforce, FinancialForce Spring 2022 Release, FPA, Louis Columbus' blog, Operations Planning, Professional Services ERP, SaaS

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Cybersecurity CEOs Share How Businesses Can Protect Themselves In 2022

By Louis Columbus on January 17, 2022

Bottom Line: Every business needs to resolve in 2022 to treat cybersecurity as a business decision first because the risk to operations and revenue are too great if they don’t. Any cybersecurity prediction for 2022 will likely be on the low side, given how ingenious ransomware attackers are at mining long-standing common vulnerabilities and exposures […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 2022 cybersecurity, BOS Framework, cybersecurity, Founder Shield, Hexnode, Ivanti, Louis Columbus' blog, Orchestral, Prometeo, Rapid.Space, ThycoticCentrify

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2021 Roundup Of AI And Machine Learning Market Forecasts Show Strong Growth

By Louis Columbus on June 21, 2021

Forrester forecasts that the size of the AI software market will approach $37 billion by 2025. IDC predicts the worldwide artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, will grow from $327.5 B in 2021 to $554.3B in 2024 with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.5%. By 2024, 70% of enterprises […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Artificial intelligence, Artificial Intelligence forecast, Louis Columbus' blog, machine learning, Machine learning market forecast, TensorFlow

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The Most Innovative Companies of 2021 According to BCG

By Louis Columbus on May 26, 2021

Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Tesla are considered the five most innovative companies, according to BCG’s analysis of the 50 most innovative companies of 2021.  Abbott Labs, AstraZeneca, Comcast, Mitsubishi, and Moderna join the top 50 most innovative companies for the first time this year. The fastest movers include Toyota, who jumped from 41st to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Alphabet, Amazon, apple, BCG's Most Innovative Companies 2021: Overcoming the Innovation Readiness Gap, Boston Consulting Group, Huawei, ibm, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, Pfizer, samsung, Sony, Tesla

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FinancialForce’s Spring 2021 Release Shows Why Being Customer-Centric Pays

By Louis Columbus on April 24, 2021

Bottom Line: Customer revenue lifecycles are the lifeblood of any services business, making FinancialForce’s Spring 2021 release timely given the services-first revenue renaissance happening today. The essence of an excellent services business is that it can consistently create expectations clients trust and the business regularly exceeds. Orchestrating the best people for a given project at […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Enterprise resource planning, Financialforce, Louis Columbus' blog, professional services automation, salesforce, Salesforce Einstein, Services ERP

The Top 20 Machine Learning Startups To Watch In 2021

The Top 20 Machine Learning Startups To Watch In 2021

By Louis Columbus on April 7, 2021

There are a record number of 9,977 machine learning startups and companies in Crunchbase today, an 8.2% increase over the 9,216 startups listed in 2020 and a 14.6% increase over the 8,705 listed in 2019. Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning (ML)-related companies received a record $27.6 billion in funding in 2020, according to Crunchbase.  […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Startup Lessons, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged A.I. startups, A.I. Startups to watch out for in 2021, AI, Crunchbase, Louis Columbus' blog, machine learning, Machine learning startups, Top A.I. startups to watch in 2021, Venture Capital

How The Pandemic Is Accelerating Endpoint Security's Growth

How The Pandemic Is Accelerating Endpoint Security’s Growth

By Louis Columbus on April 6, 2021

76% of enterprises increased their use of endpoint devices since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting their remote, work-from-home (WFH) and hybrid workforces globally. 66% of enterprises believe securing their networks and infrastructure requires a more focused, proactive approach to endpoint resilience that doesn’t leave endpoint security to chance. Cybersecurity leader’s top challenges today […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged absolute software, cybersecurity, Endpoint hardware, Endpoint Persistence, Endpoint resilience, endpoint security, Louis Columbus' blog, Pandemic cybersecurity

The Top 20 Cybersecurity Startups To Watch In 2021

The Top 20 Cybersecurity Startups To Watch In 2021

By Louis Columbus on March 27, 2021

Cybersecurity, privacy and security startups have raised $1.9 billion in three months this year, on pace to reach $7.6 billion or more in 2021, over four times more than was raised throughout 2010 ($1.7 billion), according to a Crunchbase Pro query today. 22,156 startups who either compete in or rely on cybersecurity, security and privacy […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Startup Lessons, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged cybersecurity, cybersecurity startups, Cybersecurity strategy, Louis Columbus' blog, startups to watch in 2021, Zero Trust, Zero Trust Security | 1 Response

What Enterprises Need to Plan for In 2021 When It Comes to Endpoint Security

What Enterprises Need to Plan for In 2021 When It Comes to Endpoint Security

By Louis Columbus on March 23, 2021

Bottom Line: Today’s largely-distributed enterprises need to make sure they are putting endpoint security first in 2021– which includes closely managing every stage of the device lifecycle, from deployment to decommission, and ensuring all sensitive data remains protected.  There’s a looming paradox facing nearly every organization today of how they’ll secure thousands of remote endpoints […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged absolute software, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, CISO, Endpoint resilience, endpoint security, enterprise software, Lenovo, Lenovo X1 Carbon laptop, Louis Columbus' blog, Zero Trust, Zero Trust Security

The Pandemic Is Teaching Enterprises How To Mind The Cybersecurity Gap

The Pandemic Is Teaching Enterprises How To Mind The Cybersecurity Gap

By Louis Columbus on March 21, 2021

30% of US and UK remote workers say their organizations don’t require them to use a secure access tool, including VPN, to log into corporate databases and systems, according to Ivanti’s 2021 Secure Consumer Cyber Report. Plus, 25% of remote workers in the US and UK aren’t required to have specific security software running on […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Apple's Face ID, CISOs, cybersecurity, Ivanti, Louis Columbus' blog, Unified Endpoint Management, VPN, Zero Sign-On (ZSO), Zero Trust Security

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