Andrew McAfee: Drilling For Data
by Samuel Greengard I interviewed Andrew McAfee recently for a CIO Insight magazine story about the multi-generational workforce. McAfee is Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist for the Cen....
by Samuel Greengard I interviewed Andrew McAfee recently for a CIO Insight magazine story about the multi-generational workforce. McAfee is Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist for the Cen....
by Samuel Greengard Change at warp speed has become a given. The business cards I printed two years ago aren't any good because they don't include a QR barcode. The CRM system you put in place three years....
by Samuel Greengard Semi-related: Conspiracy Theories That Weren't Just Theories, Nine Persistent Conspiracy Theories. A few nights ago I watched a film called Good Night, and Good Luck. It examines lege....
by Samuel Greengard Yesterday's thoroughbred technology is today's broken-down horse. How quickly things change in the digital age. According to a recent survey conducted by enterprise resource planning ....
By Samuel Greengard I'll be the first to admit that I have unrealistically high expectations about technology. Every time I whip out my iPhone, stream Netflix or use Facebook I expect everything to work f....
"Two of the world's largest technology vendors surprised Wall Street by posting surging sales and profits in the first-quarter, and signaled brighter days ahead," reported the Wall Street Journal after IBM....
By Samuel Greengard The dustbin of history is filled with once high-flying companies that couldn't adapt and evolve with the times. Remember Digital Equipment Corp. and Wang? What about Kemper Insurance a....
The CEO of a private company asked me what's new in business tech. He may have been making polite conversation to take my mind off a round of golf that was skidding into McIlrovian territory. But he lit ....
by Tim Moran Ever get so frustrated with your creaky old computer that you've considered breaking the thing, so the company will finally issue you a new one? You are not alone. Only about 40 percent of ....
by Samuel Greengard Knowledge management finally is getting smart. A decade ago, you could hardly open a trade magazine or attend a conference without getting bludgeoned by the idea of knowledge manag....
by Samuel Greengard Employers don't have an accurate understanding of what and how many consumer technologies their employees are using in the workplace, says a recent study conducted by Unisys and IDC. ....
By Tim Moran As one who is not crazy about the mouse or trackpad or any of the other current ways with which to interface with the computer, I was struck by another alternative UI that has surfaced (some ....
by Samuel Greengard I'm confounded sometimes by the way society adopts and uses technology. There seems to be no correlation between problems and solutions, or how well a technology works and how widely it....
Credit StubHub, the online ticket marketplace, for a nimble approach to customer service that doesn't trip over lines between delivery channels. StubHub has deals with professional sports leagues and cert....
by Samuel Greengard Technology is only as good as its ability to function in the real world. Over the last few months, I've spent at least three hours in my local Wells Fargo branch and on the phone try....