There is no escaping the outpouring of hype about Hadoop. Some see it as heading toward maturity in terms of its enterprise readiness, while others think it is the enabler of a new class of so-called data lakes. But more…
Channel data management is a relatively new discipline that is starting to catch on in tech and some other industries because of OEM companies’ desire for better insight into sales. The idea is to track sales all the way down…
As CIO of the world’s largest retailer, Walmart’s Karenann Terrell handles her share of IT challenges, some unique to Walmart but others – like legacy apps – that are found at many companies. In some organizations, the idea of legacy…
You need Big Data to generate big insights – or so a growing number of folks seem to believe. To capitalize on this, Salesforce.com today announced integrations with several of the leading Big Data platforms for its Analytics Cloud, which…
By Mark Lorion, Apperian Enterprise mobile apps can be transformational for every department and across every industry. But to make an impact, apps need to be adopted. Whether an organization has a custom-built app, a third party app or a…
Big changes are under way at Epicor Software, a provider of ERP, CRM and other types of business software, which just announced plans to spin off its Retail Solutions business into a separate, privately-held company. Few details are available about…
In the early days of mobile apps, the prevailing wisdom was that people would consume content, but not create it, on their mobile devices. “Who would want to do complicated, multi-step processes on a smartphone’s tiny screen?” lots of folks…
By Glenn Gruber, Propelics The allure of Shiny Object Syndrome (SOS) is strong. And whether it be “a-loo-min-ium” or gold, the Apple Watch is very shiny. With Apple Watch now available in stores, I for one am intrigued and plan…
As the supply chain becomes more complex with suppliers, their customers and consumers interacting with each other across the globe and across different channels, it’s more important than ever for companies to get and maintain good control of their logistics.…
Apple has garnered much of the mobile payments hype following the introduction of Apple Pay last October and the Apple Watch this month, but Apple’s solution is only one of many that payments providers are considering as they try to…