Dennis McCafferty

“The data is wrong. … We can’t format it with our existing tools. … There’s so much of it—coming from everywhere! We can’t keep up with it all!” Do these complaints sound familiar? If so, you and your organization are in good company. In its recent report, titled “2019 Global Data Management Research,” Experian reveals […]

In the Digital Age, we often contemplate which professions today won’t exist five or 10 years from now. But, fortunately, innovation is creating new ones to replace them, with many of these positions commanding salaries well into six-figure territory. Some, in fact, average in excess of $200,000 in annual compensation. Even better, a great deal […]

The C-suite is giving less pushback. Customers are more willing to disclose their personal data to improve the customer experience (CX). And modern professionals aren’t quite as jittery these days about artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled machines taking their jobs. At least those are the impressions conveyed in a new report from Genpact, titled “AI 360: Insights […]

Things are looking good for tech workers: The global IT industry will grow in value by at least 4 percent to $5 trillion—with an upside of 6.4 percent—over the next year. Emerging tech alone is expected to more than double over the next several years, accounting for a $1.4 trillion market by 2022. In 2018, […]

Big data/analytics, the cloud and even the Internet of Things (IoT), virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) have either already emerged as part of the organizational mainstream, or appear to be headed in that direction. Given this, it’s hardly hyperbolic to say that, if companies aren’t at least considering these technologies yet, they […]

In the current age of digital transformation, the walls between tech and other departments continue to crumble. Indeed, we may be swiftly heading to an end game in which there is no longer a designated place for “IT” and another for “business.” There will only be the enterprise, and everyone who is a part of […]

Multitasker Alert: App Overload Leads to Onslaught of Errors Employees can’t get enough of their apps—using dozens in a day—and this is creating a large amount of work errors, according to recent research from Pegasystems. The resulting report, “Demystifying the Desktop,” primarily focuses on keystroke input errors, and there are plenty of them due to […]

Profit Potential Driving ‘All In’ Deployment Plans for AI A notable share of companies intend go “all in” on artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, planning to implement AI enterprisewide in 2019, according to a recent survey from PwC. In doing so, organizations expect to boost profits, create a better customer experience (CX) and improve decision-making. To […]

With Insights Limited, Data, Analytics Efforts Remain Work in Progress While the majority of organizations recognize the potential benefits of analytics initiatives, most have yet to maximize these advantages, according to a recent survey from Snowflake Computing, MicroStrategy, Wipro and Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. The resulting report, titled “An Inflection Point for the Data-Driven […]

AI and Robots and IoT, Oh My! Nine Tech Predictions for 2019 Artificial intelligence and robots will create “digital workers” for companies. The internet of things (IoT) will go mainstream. “Zero trust” will rule cyber-security. These are just three predictions recently published by Forrester as part of its “Predictions 2019: Transformation Goes Pragmatic” guide. One […]

Memo to Bosses: In Choosing Employers, Gen Z Seeks ‘Cutting Edge’ Tech Young people considered as part of “Generation Z” want “cutting edge” tech tools at their future workplaces, according to a recent survey from Dell Technologies. The resulting report, titled “Gen Z: The Future Has Arrived,” indicates that a majority of individuals in this […]

Seeking New Revenue Sources, Companies Plan Automation Expansions With their automation efforts meeting with successful results, a clear majority of organizations plan to expand their use of these tech tools, according to a recent survey from CA Technologies. The resulting “The State of Automation” report reveals that most IT and business leaders anticipate that artificial […]