Category: digital enterprise

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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SaaS: Speeding Up or Delaying the Future?

Stephanie Neil writes, “Hosted applications remove the burden of buying and maintaining hardware, but off-premise systems could cause data integration problems that require serious consideration in any purchase decision.” [“Is SaaS Sabotaging

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Business Heads for the Clouds

Rolfe Winkler writes, “After burying its head in the sand, Oracle is finally looking skyward. Better late than never for shareholders.” [“Oracle Embraces Cloudy Future,” Wall Street Journal, 25 October 2011] Winkler

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The Rise of Hybrid Companies?

What’s a hybrid company? According to The Economist, it’s a company that operates “in the grey area between the public and private sectors [“The rise of the hybrid company,” 5 December 2009

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America’s Competitive Edge

A famous line from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet reads, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” In an article about innovation in America in The Economist, the magazine lays out its case that

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Legacies that Last

One of the challenges of the information age is moving forward while accommodating legacy systems. Legacy systems linger for a number of reasons, including the cost of replacing them. Steve Lohr, writing

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The Transformation of Multinationals

A year ago I wrote a post about a letter to the editor of the Financial Times written by IBM CEO Sam Palmisano [Globalization and Resilient Enterprises]. Palmisano argued that multinationals, in

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GAO’s Holiday Wish List

With the holiday season now in full swing, lots of people — from children to Comptroller General David M. Walker, the head of the Government Accountability Office — are making wish lists.

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