The idea of an assistant that can schedule meetings and arrange a calendar, order lunch and remind you that you need to leave the office before 4:30 on Thursday to make it across the city to dinner with colleagues doesn’t seem too extraordinary–until you learn the assistant isn’t a person at a desk, but rather […]
Rumors circulated this week that Microsoft will be replacing the core technology in its Edge browser for Windows 10 with Chromium, the open source software from Google that is the core of the Chrome browser. Google’s Blink — the browser engine that is responsible for interpreting website coding and displaying it on a user’s device […]
Google hasn’t released consumers from its filter bubble — the package of personalized search results it delivers — despite having promised to do so, according to study results DuckDuckGo released Tuesday. DuckDuckGo’s findings: Most participants saw results unique to them, which could not be explained by changes in location, time, by being logged into Google, […]
For all the hype surrounding advanced analytics, machine learning and other data innovations, a remarkable number of organizations are still using spreadsheets for analysis and arguing about data quality. In a recent Gartner survey, 87.5% of respondents had low data and analytics maturity, falling into “basic” or “opportunistic” categories. A good data and analytics strategy […]
Infrastructure and operations (I&O) is becoming increasingly involved in unprecedented areas of the modern-day enterprise. The focus of I&O leaders is evolving far beyond technology elements like data centers, colocation and the cloud to instead encompass more about how an organization’s I&O can support and enable business strategy. There is a dramatic evolution of I&O […]
This is the time of year for a product guide, and this year I thought I’d list my favorite unusual products as gift ideas. I’m a big fan of products most people don’t have that solve a specific work problem, as well as those that could make your (or my) life easier, more comfortable or […]
Digital maturity reached a tipping point in 2018 as digital initiatives rose to the top of CEO agendas and organizations scaled their digital capabilities. Every organizational function is being challenged by the disruption, but Gartner market insights from across research and advisory show many organizations are finding ways to realign or reinvent their activities to respond […]
Facebook at one time considered charging companies for access to its user data, according to a Wall Street Journal report based on three pages of unredacted material from an 18-page document showing portions of some internal Facebook emails, mainly from about 2012 to 2014. The documents are linked to a lawsuit, Six4Three LLC v. Facebook […]
The number of cyberattacks continues to increase significantly as threat actors become more sophisticated and diversify their methods. It’s hardly surprisingly, then, that cybersecurity preparedness tops the list of internal audit priorities for 2019. Other data and IT issues are also on the radar for internal audit, according to the Gartner Audit Plan Hot Spots. […]
I’m a longtime Jaguar fan. I’ve owned a ton of them over the years, and I’ve had both good and bad experiences with the cars. Currently I own two — a 1970 XKE and a 2014 F-Type — and they are about to get a sibling. I’ve ordered a new Jaguar I-Pace, which is the […]