Big Data and analytics is a multibillion-dollar market with wide-ranging opportunities across infrastructure, software and services. IDC sizes the Big Data market at $13 billion and its superset business... View More
Imagine that you want to lose weight. You have tried cutting back, but it hasn’t really helped. Maybe you should get a little more exercise. Maybe you should eat less fat. Or is it sugar? Greek yogurt... View More
Customer engagement management (CEM) is the practice of optimizing the lifetime value of customers. CEM is significantly influenced by customer communication practices and has seen rapid growth and adoption... View More
We are just wrapping up studies of transactional printing in North America and Western Europe. I will focus on North America in this article, but many of the macro trends in the market are playing out... View More
In this age of the Internet of Things (IoT), everything that can be connected will be connected. This means that information and content will be shared in real time between connected things. Behind the... View More
Previously, I wrote about the paradigm shift in document management, and judging by the response, I hit a nerve. What I hit on was a small part of the struggle we face to do what is right for our firms,... View More
Since the 2008-09 financial crisis, there has been a boon in business and strategy books that use “reputation” in the headline or summary description to try and appeal to a broader audience... View More
All organizations have a strategy. It defines their reason for being and what they plan to accomplish in the long term. It is generally divided into five sections: 1. Mission 2. Vision 3. Values 4. Objectives... View More
We have all been there. The current content management system (CMS) doesn’t seem to be doing the job anymore. People are unhappy, and there doesn’t seem to be any further productivity to be... View More
Here we are in October already, a month known for tricks, treats and scary things lurking about waiting to frighten you. While it is a time for fun and social interactions, it is not a time you want to... View More
Thinking about mobile security keeps me up at night. It probably keeps you up too. On a recent evening, I was browsing the findings of a study by McAfee and Ponemon Institute titled “The Lost Smartphone... View More
Would you characterize yourself as a mobile worker? It is a question that you likely would not have considered just a few short years ago. Historically, the mobile worker was defined based on specific... View More
I recently attended an American Marketing Association meeting. The speaker, Jeff Hayzlett, author and host of C-Suite, spoke about why companies fail and succeed. His headline was \"Adapt, Change or Die,\"... View More
I was just with a company doing a document management feasibility study. As part of the work, I ask about other systems being used and what works or doesn’t work. This client said they had a Salesforce... View More
If you are not a believer in the 100% paperless office, how about taking steps towards achieving a paper-light office? I know based on my first-hand experience that organizations can successfully create... View More
I’m not good at keeping promises to myself. On the contrary, I’m good at keeping promises to other people; ask me to try and pick up Almond M&M\'s on my travels, and I’ll move heaven... View More
Whoosh!!!!!! Was that the sound of your customers or technology passing you by? If you’re still printing and mailing the majority of the communications and interactions that you have with your customers,... View More
Boardrooms are abuzz over big data; mobile applications are the order of the day; the first wave of enterprise resource planning systems is due for an upgrade. Without a doubt, information technology (IT)... View More
Information governance is a term that has been bandied about for some time now. However, as an action item for a CIO, until recently, it remained near the bottom of the list. This view has slowly been... View More
Question: When creating a strategy, what’s the difference between the tactical side of the strategy or the strategic side? How do I determine what’s really important?JOHN KNOTTS, @johnrknottsI'm... View More
