Rob Enderle

Robotics: Humans Need Not Apply Two large firms are working furiously to create true artificial intelligence: IBM and Google. I think, over time, we’ll likely lose the artificial part of this and replace it with machine intelligence because something is either smart or it isn’t, and something that is artificially smart wouldn’t be smart. IBM […]

Eleven Key Challenges for CEOs in 2014 Now that we know that Satya Nadella will be the CEO at Microsoft, he must get three things right. Not a single one has to do, at least not directly, with an iPhone, iPad or AWS killer. Ironically, he starts in far better shape, thanks to Steve Ballmer, […]

Eleven Key Challenges for CEOs in 2014 Most boards choose to ignore or have never learned the process of selecting a new CEO. Assuming Satya Nadella is, as rumored, the new CEO, Microsoft’s board is refreshingly following this process. The goal isn’t to hire the most controversial young minority CEO in training but actually to […]

Top 10 IT Performance Management Predictions for 2014 Yesterday I wrote about the first day at IBM Connect, an event that used to be called Lotusphere. I focused less on the content and more on what seemed to be a best practice in doing keynotes. Day two was particularly fascinating because they put up a […]

Ten Top Tech Trends to Watch in 2014 I go to a lot of IT events. Typically, they are defined by forgettable presentations on technology products that few in the audience will ever touch. You just survive them. Now, Steve Jobs could do a presentation on products and you remembered every one. Granted, part of […]

How to Choose the Right Mobile Device: Five Considerations Folks have been writing off BlackBerry for some time now and for good reasons. However, as Apple showcased, it isn’t over until it is over and sometimes events outside of the vendor’s control shift interest back to a core product, feature or service. Take BlackBerry Messenger […]

Twelve Cloud Storage Services for Work and Play IBM has announced that it is effectively doubling its enterprise-class SoftLayer cloud footprint. This isn’t a trivial investment and, so far, IBM appears to be following best practices with SoftLayer and not screwing it up. Amazon is the clear target of this effort and must be feeling […]

Question: Watson. Answer: What Is a Computer That Will Have Great Impact? We know we are headed toward some kind of artificial intelligence and our most visible progress has been on Apple products with Siri. However, IBM is making a far more telling play with Watson, which is a stronger interim step, and has Watson […]

Eleven Key Challenges for CEOs in 2014 The core strategy that made Microsoft into an early power in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s was one that we later called Embrace, Extend and Extinguish. Microsoft effectively executed it twice, once to conclusion against Lotus 1-2-3, and once against Apple, with less rigor. Apple survived until […]

Five Tips for Executing a Winning Mobile Strategy CES this year included lots of amazing things to lust after.  4K big-screen TV sets approaching $2000, little robots and drones to terrorize your pets with, wearable technology that is designed to keep you fit or safe, and amazing cars, like the new Stingray, all of which […]

Ten Approaches to Protecting Mobile Data When I was told that BlackBerry was going to be at CES, I thought someone had missed a meeting. CES is a consumer electronics event and BlackBerry had just begun to execute a strategy that is allowing it to put focus back on the enterprise. However, rather than being […]

Top Security Priorities for CIOs in 2014 2013 was a troubling year for technology. Tech companies got hit repeatedly by the Snowden disclosures, which made both the U.S. administration and tech company CEOs seem like liars. Not because either was necessary lying, but because the NSA was acting without notification or approval in most cases. […]