An object lesson in the Salesforce acquisition of MuleSoft On March 20 Salesforce announced it had agreed to buy MuleSoft, a maker of API data integration software, for $6.5 Billion. The announcement was met with skepticism in some quarters, with analysts believing...
Using Google Shopping Actions (and other tools) to beat Amazon
As readers of my blog posts know, I am a huge Amazon fanboy. After competing against them for 10 years at Barnes & Noble and being a heavy customer and Prime member for the last decade, I feel it is not hyperbole to say that they are the best operation and...
What’s next in enterprise technology? Get ready for Anything (as a Service)
One of the biggest challenges businesses face in their ongoing digital transformation efforts is modernizing core legacy systems. Quite often these systems are highly customized. They’re also running older versions of software, which can be inflexible and costly. When...
The third wave: Amazon’s new cloud services deeply disrupt traditional IT
The third wave: Amazon’s new cloud services deeply disrupt... Amazon’s announcements at re:Invent, its 2017 developer conference in Las Vegas last week, define the beginning of new era in IT. The company announced a raft of new managed services that enable customers...
Construction’s digital breakthrough
Digital transformation and innovation has cascaded through major global industries over the last decade. However, construction has lagged somewhat conspicuously behind. In fact, a recent study from the McKinsey Global Institute ranked construction 21st overall out of...
Doughnuts to dollars–through digital marketing savvy
Digital transformation is popping up in many unexpected ways today. It’s impacting even routine transactions, like buying a doughnut. Recently I was in a trendy urban food court and was attracted to a display of sinfully rich-looking gourmet doughnuts. I’m not...
Know Your Enterprise Ecosystem
After reading Pro Publica’s latest takedown of the American Red Cross, it seems clear that CEO and former AT&T executive Gail McGovern has been using the tattered playbook of the old Ma Bell telephone monopoly to run the venerable charity aground. The Dec. 14...
My Top 5 Ways to Foster Innovation
The rise of the digital economy has made fast and continuous innovation a requirement of successful business. One truly innovative idea can bring down industry giants or disrupt an entire sector in only a few years, therefore all businesses must create structures...
The Composable Enterprise™
The Composable Enterprise™ We have witnessed a major shift over recent decades towards a digital services based economy [1]. Exponential growth in the power of information technology enhanced by Internet driven network effects mean that even the most mundane...
What is Digital Transformation?
What is Digital Transformation What is digital transformation and how can your business benefit? I’m very excited to start answering that question for our clients as a Managing Director of Mod Op Strategic Consulting. Here, I will be helping my mentor and former boss...