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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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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Contracts and Automated Rules

As a businessman, I can’t help reading newspapers with one eye on business opportunities. A story in the Washington Post about contracting challenges inside the Department of Homeland Security tells me that

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Hollywood and Resiliency

Rob Pegoraro recently wrote an interesting column in the Washington Post talking about the resiliency (or potential lack of it) of the film industry [“A ‘Mistake’ Hollywood Had Better Start Making,” 13

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Multinationals 2.0

Following the publication of my post on IBM CEO Sam Palmisano’s letter to editor of the Financial Times [Globalization and Resilient Enterprises], I was contacted by James M. Pethokoukis of U.S. News

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Globalization and Resilient Enterprises

On Monday, the chairman and CEO of IBM, Samuel Palmisano wrote an interesting letter to the editor of the Financial Times [“Multinationals have been superseded,” 12 June 2006]. Palmisano didn’t exactly deliver

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