Many people wonder whether there is a guaranteed formula for becoming a successful entrepreneur. The entrepreneurship journey is as unique as a thumbprint for any business person. Entrepreneur ideas and methodologies are always unique and idiosyncratic. However, their thinking and implementation strategies tend to be the same. In fact, recent research has shown that entrepreneurs…
Over the last decade, many organizations are progressively and expansively using agile processes for almost 30-80 percent of their development projects. They are creating productive agile teams, and breaking projects into short iterative development phases (sprints) enabling rapid minimal viable prototype designs and products. With agile, development projects execution cycles therefore no longer need to…
The New Year has already brought in a slew of software advancements, and it is obvious that tech moguls are already winning big. The Google App store just announced a monumental availability of 3.5 million apps, while iOS reports over $300 million in-app purchases and in-app sales as of New Years Day 2018. As we…
If a large organization has a security breach it may end up dealing with a public relations nightmare. It will have to work hard to convince their customers that they’ve done what it takes to correct any problems caused by a security breach. It may even have to pay some customers out for any damage…
How would you feel if your personal information is exposed to the world? That’s exactly what 57 000 000 people woke up to recently. A story broke about Uber’s data breach that involved the leaking of customer information. And all of it was kept secret for almost a year. That means your information could be…
Managed service providers (MSPs) are in high demand among organizations looking to improve the efficiency and dependability of their IT operations. A recent study states that the managed services market will grow to a staggering $193 billion by 2019 and to $230 billion by 2020. Why is this business model becoming hugely popular? Well, imagine…
We live in a rapidly-changing always-on digital world. Organizations around the globe are undergoing a rapid digital transformation, relying on data and automated processes to become customer experience focused businesses. However, this opportunity requires the right software infrastructure in place—one that is flexible and scalable and able to meet the dynamic challenges of the 21st…
While helping organizations shore up against potential cyber-attacks, I am surprised about how security teams still treat malware as a systemic issue rather the behavioral problem it has become. Yes, keeping your systems updated and behind a firewall is a necessity but so is educating your employees who are usually the weakest link in your…
Preparing for the day when the oil runs dry, United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched an ambitious innovation strategy with the aim of positioning the country as a global leader in emerging technology. The Persian Gulf state set up seven innovation centers in renewable energy, transport, education, health, high tech, water, and space—establishing a “stimulating environment…
Every business has a make or breaks moment. Markets change, new technology is developed, regulatory conditions evolve. At some point, a company must make a decision that will allow it to evolve and flourish or do nothing and flounder. Walmart, squeezed by nimble digital disruptors like Amazon, is at such a moment and must decide…