ITBE Staff

Knowledge-intensive organizations increasingly struggle to unlock the potential value associated with the variety, volatility and volume of knowledge and information both within and external to their organizations (often termed Big Data), fragmented among myriad cloud and on-premise systems. With the failure of traditional knowledge management programs of the past, which often attempted to contain knowledge […]

Traditional data management and business analytics tools and technologies are straining under the added weight of Big Data, but new approaches are emerging to help enterprises gain actionable insights from Big Data. More and more organizations are looking to deploy Hadoop with aspirations for great success. However, business intelligence and application users who are not […]

Customers interact with businesses through multiple channels – and are incessantly bombarded via email, social media, direct mail and broadcast media. To keep up with the ever-changing landscape for creating and keeping customers, businesses need to leverage real-time customer data to drive targeted and personalized cross-channel marketing. By taking the intelligence gained about any prospect […]

Many global companies are using business transformation initiatives to meet changing market needs. Implementing large IT programs is a key component of these change initiatives. Given that the failures of such programs are now commonly discussed, a recent McKinsey/Oxford study highlights that the failure rate of such programs is indeed more often. According to the […]

Staying motivated at work can be hard but for remote employees it can be downright impossible. Unlike an office environment, at home there are a ton of temptations and distractions that can easily sap your productivity and your career trajectory. “Working from home is essentially an independent way of working. Even if you have managers […]

While the median household income in the U.S., according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is $53,046, several interns earn much more – $75,000+, assuming they were to work a full year. At a time when the income inequality debate continues, Glassdoor is revealing its report of the 25 highest paying companies for interns, to shed […]

Daptiv, a leader in project portfolio management (PPM) software, recently announced its top predictions for project portfolio management (PPM) in 2014. Organizations that thrive in the current economic environment are those that are on top of the latest trends. Daptiv predictions focus on enterprises spearheading the creation of strategic PMOs, influenced by the reliability of […]

Making sure your organization’s website is safe, secure and running without any malicious activity under the radar is a major concern today, especially since we live in a time when website activity is not limited to humans. Bots, short for Internet robots, are programmed to execute certain commands on the Web. Last year, cloud-based security […]

An organization’s marketing team has traditionally been charged with owning a brand’s image, a big part of which requires attracting and engaging both new and existing customers. But the era of digital disruption has forever changed the way organizations do business. This has, as a result, introduced the role of the digital marketer and brought […]

Creative, Efficient, and Effective Project Management Chapter 7, excerpted here, focuses on creativity life cycle models. Contrary to popular belief, creativity requires having some type of discipline in place to allow it to be further exercised and result in something that is understandable and meaningful to others. Creative, Efficient, and Effective Project Management supplies an […]

Organizations wishing to unlock the full potential of mobility must master a wide range of technologies and skills, many of which are unfamiliar to IT staff. Nick Jones, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner, shares Gartner‘s top 10 mobile technologies and capabilities that organizations must master in 2015 and 2016.  Click through for 10 […]

Enterprise software user review site G2 Crowd recently released rankings of 13 social media management products based on 350 user reviews. The Grid℠, G2 Crowd’s software recommendation engine, factors in customer satisfaction reported by users and vendor scale determined from social and public data to rank products. HootSuite and TweetDeck earned Leader status based on […]