Product managers can improve product life cycle management by scanning the horizon to spot truly disruptive technologies. However, there is a big difference between scanning the horizon using a mystical crystal ball and using a radar system. One portends to show you a specific future with no evidence base behind it, while the other uses […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Jan 15, 2019 5:00 AM PT Samsung is expected to unveil its new lineup of flagship smartphones on Feb. 20 at a Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco, and the rumor mill has been operating on overtime. It’s believed three new Galaxy S10 models will be announced at the event, […]
Eighty-seven percent of senior business leaders say digitalization is a company priority and 79% of corporate strategists say it is reinventing their business — creating new revenue streams in new ways. But so far, digital change has been slow and disappointing. Companies using the discontinuous approach [to business model change] achieved 2.25 times the progress of […]
Privacy is a business-critical discipline for many organizations, enforced by multiple regulations. Most recently, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has driven a global movement of maturing privacy and data protection laws with stricter requirements. Privacy requirements dramatically impact an organization’s strategy, purpose and methods for processing personal data “Multiple countries are implementing […]
The most consistent pattern of digital business is making IT less about individual technologies, and more about technology-enabled business models and solutions. For today’s enterprise architecture (EA), this same pattern is inspiring architects and technology innovation leaders to design and deliver new operating models, with business outcomes now at center stage. By 2021, 40% of […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Jan 9, 2019 5:00 AM PT Powerful technologies like deep data, artificial intelligence and quantum computing should be introduced into society carefully, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty declared in Tuesday’s keynote address kicking off CES in Las Vegas. “These tools are so powerful they will solve some of the most enduring […]
It’s the beginning of a new year — the time for CIOs to take stock of their personal development goals for 2019. This year, the focus is on the culture shift required to build digital business plans, as most organizations are on their way toward digital transformation but are finding it difficult to scale. “A […]
One-third of financial services CIOs identified digital as their top business priority for 2019, up by more than 8% from last year, according to Gartner. “Digital business usually means different things for financial services CIOs,” says Juergen Weiss, Practice Vice President at Gartner. “We can differentiate two completely different digital strategies in the financial services […]
This story was originally published on Sept. 21, 2018, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series. Every child who’s ever played a board game understands that the act of rolling dice yields an unpredictable result. In fact, that’s why children’s board games use dice in the first […]
‘DNA Printing’ in the Cloud, Part 1 ‘DNA Printing’ in the Cloud, Part 2 DNA printing has given rise to the world’s first “DNA printer” on the market, a claim advanced by the product’s creators. The BioXp 3200 System is available from SGI-DNA, a division of Synthetic Genomics, a San Diego biotechnology company. The BioXp […]