Jeff Kaplan

For the past decade, many IT departments have been on the defensive trying to keep pace with escalating end-user demands and competitive pressures. The emergence of ‘shadow IT’ as a major force within many enterprises raised questions about the role of IT in a cloud-first world.   Now, enlightened CIOs are exploring ways to employ […]

Now that moving to the Cloud has become mainstream, it’s time for organizations to confront their biggest enterprise application challenge in the era of digital disruption – revamping their enterprise resource management (ERP) systems to keep up with the times. It wasn’t too long ago that many industry pundits suggested that the advent of the […]

Nearly five years ago, Marc Andreessen famously proclaimed that “software is eating the world,” and he is probably surprised how much of the world is actually influenced by software today. Nowhere is this more true than in the brave, new world of the Internet of Things (IoT). No matter which market forecast you read, the […]

Everyone is talking about going ‘digital’ and capitalizing on the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT). But most organizations have a hard time responding to both these trends because they lack an executive-level champion to guide their digital transformation process and determine how they take advantage of IoT opportunities. As business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) interactions become […]

Everyone is talking about the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), but few organizations are getting very far in capitalizing on the exciting new market opportunities created by IoT because they lack a designated executive leader responsible for spearheading their IoT initiatives. According to a “Software for the Internet of Things Developer Survey,” conducted by Embarcadero Technologies, […]

Although demand for Cloud services continues to grow at unprecedented rates, there are still plenty of pitfalls to successfully migrating current or new workloads to the Cloud, according to a recent survey conducted by THINKstrategies in conjunction with INetU. Of the 358 respondents to our survey, 43% have had a failed or stalled Cloud project […]

We’re all painfully aware of the overwhelming growth of Big Data. Yet, only 13 percent of organizations surveyed by Gartner have deployed solutions to overcome their Big Data challenges, despite 73 percent of respondents reporting they have invested or plan to invest in Big Data in the next 24 months, up from 64 percent in […]

Continuity Software conducted a benchmark survey in 2013 of 90 IT executives from a variety of large enterprises that found over half (57%) use analytical tools to measure IT performance. Yet, only 14% track key performance indicators (KPIs) for their Cloud environment. Like the old adage goes – you can’t manage what you can’t measure. […]

On numerous occasions over the past 30 years, business end-users and executives have become aware of new technological innovations as a result of their personal experiences acquiring various consumer products and services. In each of these cases, their consumer experiences have led them to pursue similar technologies in their corporate environments. The same adoption pattern […]

Although I’ve been a big advocate of the business benefits of moving corporate data centers, software development and enterprise applications to the Cloud, I’m also a realist about the significant challenges that this migration process entails. The many obstacles to adopting a Cloud-first strategy worldwide were brought home to me again by a good friend […]

So, you’ve survived the onslaught of social networking, cloud computing, Big Data, and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon. You fought back against the ‘consumerization’ of IT, and are feeling pretty good about yourself. Welcome to your next nightmare – the Internet of Things (IoT)! The new year is only a couple of weeks […]

Back in January of this year, I suggested in this space that IT managers and their corporate counterparts should consider building internal appstores to counteract the challenges of the ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) phenomenon. Since that time, a growing array of Cloud-based marketplace platforms have emerged that can make it even easier to pursue […]