Opinion: Why Chinese companies including Alibaba and Tencent have an edge over U.S. rivals
By: Brad Slingerlend Artificial intelligence has been put in the spotlight by recent scandals over Facebook’s use of user data and by the threat of trade restrictions on China that purport to protect the intellectual property of U.S. technology companies. Artificial intelligence, or AI, has already shown its potential for disruption, especially in retail and […]
Oracle Extends All-In Commitment To AI And Machine Learning To NetSuite SaaS Apps
By: Bob Evans (Note: After an award-winning career in the media business covering the tech industry, Bob Evans was VP of Strategic Communications at SAP in 2011, and Chief Communications Officer at Oracle from 2012 to 2016. He now runs his own firm, Evans Strategic Communications LLC.) CLOUD WARS — A few months after upgrading […]
NetSuite under Oracle: a progress report
By: Vinnie Virchandani I have seen way too many large vendors under-leverage their acquisitions. They mostly benefit from the incremental revenues but lose talent and value of the acquired IP. The week prior, I was impressed by how Rob Enslin has started to coalesce SAP’s cloud acquisitions like Ariba and SuccessFactors, and how that group […]
Meet the winners of Microsoft Ventures’ first global AI startup competition
By: Taylor Soper Microsoft’s venture arm on Tuesday announced new startup investments as part of its inaugural Innovate.AI competition. Announced this past October by Microsoft and three venture capital firms, Innovate.AI invited companies building AI-related technology to compete for venture funding and Microsoft Azure credits. Three regional winners from North America, Europe, and Israel — and […]
5 key enterprise IoT security recommendations
By: Fredric Paul Not so long ago, the phrase “consumerization of IT” was on everyone’s lips. Whole publications and conferences (remember CITE, for Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise?) were created to chronicle the trend of corporations relying on products and services originally created for consumers — which was often easier to use and of […]
Oracle AI Powers Future of CX Management
Oracle has announced a series of new innovations that help marketing, sales, commerce, and customer service professionals meet the rapidly changing expectations of today’s empowered customers. The latest updates to the Oracle Customer Experience (CX) Cloud Suite support the connected digital enterprise by introducing new artificial intelligence based applications, data analytics solutions, and innovative search, voice, […]
Why CFOs (and CIOs) are finally embracing cloud ERP
By: Barbara Darrow By most accounts, spending on cloud computing will grow over the next decade. One estimate holds that cloud-specific budgets will grow six times faster than other tech spending through 2020. For most companies, the big question is not if but when they will adopt cloud computing for the bulk of their IT […]
IRS Boosts Customer Service, But Needs More Funding
By: David Sherfinski The IRS has dramatically improved its customer service from the terrible days at the end of the Obama administration, but advocates of the agency say it still needs more money if it’s to set itself on firmer footing for the long haul. As of last month, as the annual tax filing deadline […]
Digging Into The DNA Of Market Leaders Facebook, Amazon, Apple And Google
By: Robert Lenzner There was a message from investors during the two days of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress last week: in both of the sessions Facebook stock increased in value despite the fears of possible regulation by the government of this extraordinary digital giant. At the same time the shares of Amazon, […]
Cybersecurity And The Board’s Responsibilities — ‘What’s Reasonable Has Changed’
By: Christopher Skroupa Michael Yaeger focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense and investigations, securities enforcement, internal investigations, accounting fraud, cybercrime/cybersecurity and data security matters, as well as related civil litigation. Yaeger also leads internal investigation and cybercrime-related representations for financial services companies and provides guidance on drafting written information security plans and incident […]