Dennis McCafferty

Devo Survey Highlights Time, Cost Benefits of Centralized Data Systems With the increasing presence of data throughout the enterprise, many IT and business leaders are recognizing the value of centralized systems to collect, store, access and analyze business data, according to a recent survey from Devo Technology. The resulting report, titled “What’s Data Got to […]

Why Mission Critical Cloud App Breakdowns Require Lengthy Fixes With most enterprises migrating at least one-quarter of their highly available (HA) and mission critical apps to the cloud, organizations are finding that app performance issues have emerged as regular occurrences, according to a recent survey from SIOS Technology. The resulting report, titled “The State of […]

CIOs Focusing on ‘Keeping the Lights On’ Instead of Digital Strategies Nearly all organizational leaders consider digital a top business priority—but few companies actually have an enterprise-wide digital strategy in place, according to a recent survey from Deloitte. It doesn’t help that most CIOs reveal that their main role is to “keep the lights on” […]

DCIM Gains IT Buy-In With Swift, Budget-Friendly Benefits The vast majority of organizations are deploying data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions—and are seeing “significant” benefits within the first year, according to a recent survey from the Uptime Institute. The resulting “Global Data Center Survey” report also reveals that IT is able to adequately staff for […]

Need for Speed: How Rapid Data Processing Benefits Enterprises While virtually all organizations would benefit from processing and acting upon data quickly, few are successful in doing so, according to a recent survey from Streamlio. The resulting report, titled “The Speed of Data,” reveals that only a minority of businesses formally measure how fast they […]

Sales Teams Bemoan Limitations of CRM in Providing Accurate Forecasting Despite the widespread deployment of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, relatively few sales professionals have a high degree of confidence in the data produced by these tools, according to a recent survey from CSO Insights. The resulting “2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study” conveys similarly discouraging […]

‘Siri, Boost My Sales’ … Voice-Activated Tech to ‘Revolutionize’ Orgs Thanks to popular virtual assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, voice-activated technology has emerged as mainstream in our homes. But top enterprise decision-makers are now looking closely at these solutions—as well as moving forward with significant adoption plans—to improve the customer experience and increase […]

Data Dilemma: How Silos and Legacies Limit Customer Analytics Success Companies face difficulties in delivering real-time, digital customer interactions while maximizing the use of related data, according to a recent survey from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, SAS, Intel and Accenture Applied Intelligence. The resulting report, titled “Real-Time Analytics: The Key to Unlocking Customer Insights […]

Why Enterprises Need Better Monitoring Tools to Fix IT Infrastructure Many enterprise users routinely experience application performance slowdowns and even outages, according to a recent survey from Virtual Instruments. The resulting report, titled “IT Monitoring Tool Gaps are Impacting the Business,” cites infrastructure deficiencies as the most common culprit—especially those which negatively impact networks and […]

Customer and Talent Needs Suffer From Lack of Digital Leadership Most organizations do not have the digital capabilities required to be competitive today—and executive leaders do not appear to be up to the task of correcting this problem, according to a recent survey from Capgemini. The resulting report, titled “Understanding Digital Mastery Today,” reveals that […]