
Salesforce Faces The Future And Acts On It
by Yefim Natis | March 29, 2018
It’s not a secret that for years Salesforce leadership did not see integration important to its success. Many have suggested that they reconsider and none succeeded. Until now. What has changed?
Traditional integration end-points...

Digital Transformation, Disrupted
by David Yockelson | March 23, 2018
"Digital transformation" is a collective term that suggests action being taken by an organization. While there are different definitions of the term, generally speaking, it entails an organization taking on a...

The ecosystem IS the digital platform
by David Yockelson | March 2, 2018
Gartner has been espousing the importance of the digital platform as a critical construct for end user and technology and service provider (TSP) organizations alike for a few years. Depicted...

The Ecosystem IS the Digital Platform
by David Yockelson | March 2, 2018
Gartner has been espousing the importance of the digital platform as a critical construct for end user and technology and service provider (TSP) organizations alike for a few years. Depicted...

Acorns: The Dollar Shave Club of Fintech
by David Yockelson | February 18, 2018
What if you could open and maintain an investment account on your phone that was funded automatically by the spare change between the price of your latte and the next whole...

Why Is Digital Disruption a Thing for Technology and Service Providers?
by David Yockelson | February 8, 2018
Technology and Service Providers (TSPs) face several major issues:
–They may develop or integrate disruptive technologies but face difficulties differentiating their offerings (e.g., everyone is embedding AI).
–Barriers to competitive...

The Maddening thing about Metrics
by Andrew White | February 5, 2018
The Schumpeter article in this last week’s Economist was titled, The Fog of War: If they are to save the firm, General Electric’s bosses and board need far better information. ...

Kodak, Lifetouch, and Xerox: Three "Disrupteds" and Their Paths Forward
by David Yockelson | February 2, 2018
This week, there was an interesting convergence in the disruption cosmos. At least I thought it was interesting, since I could draw (create?) some similarities across the different circumstances and...

A Disruption Disguised as a Disruption: Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase in Healthcare
by David Yockelson | January 30, 2018
Right now, CVS and Aetna are saying, "I told you so!" Later this morning, Wall Street is likely to say something similar, though in a somewhat different manner. What happened? As breathlessly...

The Data That Bind Us
by Andrew White | January 19, 2018
It’s been a fun week. After reading several articles that drew me to blog, I sat down last evening and read an even more important article. It was “Free Exchange-The...